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  1. Don't worry. Once Julie Acus gets a hold of his diet for a few months he won't look like that for long. She is a big reason why the Zips are such a well conditioned team.
    3 points
  2. Okay, stupid question. But scholarships don't really cost the U any tangible $$, do they? Just on paper, right?. Sure, you can say the scholarship is worth $xx,xxx.xx, - and it is to the student; the diploma they receive is in fact worth that much $$. But from the U's perspective isn't the scholarship simply letting a student sit at a desk which would otherwise be empty? My dad was friends with someone who owned a country club. He let my family use the facilities free of charge. It was a great deal for us - and worth about $8,000/year from our perspective. But it didn't actually cost him anything because we wouldn't be going to the CC otherwise. Edit: @kreed5120 hit on this while I was typing.
    2 points
  3. Tonight I'm watching the old TV show "Coach" on "Antenna TV" network, and coach Hayden tries to get rid of a pain in the butt assistant by referring him to an opening at, you guessed it. University of Akron.
    2 points
  4. I didn't see 100k people packing stadiums for XFL games. People watch OSU and Bama because it's OSU & Bama. Those schools in their 100+ year history have built brands that are bigger than any single player. By the time a fan gets attached to a player he's already graduating and the next man is up. If it was possible to monetize a semi-pro league, the private sector would have already done it. Hell the NBA is trying to do it with the G-League, but people still care more about NCAA basketball. Edit: I've already said I have no problem with players making money on the side for their likeness. I'm just sick of seeing everyone act like the college system gives nothing back to the players. Frankly 95% of these kids will never go onto play professionally and I don't see anyone in the private sector offering these kids more than what the NCAA does. For many of these kids the only way out of poverty is through using their athletic gifts to get a degree in something that pays a liveable wage.
    2 points
  5. https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/utoledo-announces-university-wide-furloughs-pay-cuts/512-8a507121-17ed-455b-904c-b35470494fa0 They are also searching for a new president.
    1 point
  6. https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200507/university-of-akron-president-expects-to-reopen-campus-in-fall-continue-with-division-i-athletics not much with details but promising. Division 1 so assume football remains. And get kids back on campus!!
    1 point
  7. The scholarships as I understand them are essentially one year renewable agreements. Each year, the school has the ability to not renew. It's a **** move if they don't and it quickly impacts your program's reputation if you do it, but they can do it. When programs shut down, the best thing they can do is help the kids find a landing spot. I can't remember who it was, but the Zips a while back picked up a basketball player that left a program being shut down as I recall.
    1 point
  8. From what I can tell, I doubt you have many contacts who are in current positions of authority. I'm guessing you have a club of retirees who meet (probably still do) for coffee and talk about what it was like in the olden days. These guys all share their opinions based on what they would have done decades ago. Maybe they even are communicating with current stakeholders, but I'll bet it is one-way communication. If you had a reputable source, I have no doubt that you would be flaunting it. I can't imagine any current stakeholder telling you anything lest you out them on this forum.
    1 point
  9. Akron's financial crisis agenda.
    1 point
  10. 14.6 ppg, 10 rpg. (Shhh, but it may only be 9.5 rpg.) ?
    1 point
  11. https://twitter.com/mirambeaux09 Here is Anderson's Twitter account. That is his JUCO assistant coach in the picture. He put it out. I think I read somewhere else only 9.5 RPG, but I am not going to rain on his parade. Close enough I guess.
    1 point
  12. If you try and apply logic or business principles to the operations of a University you will be forever lost. The costs of scholarships are REAL in terms if how U of A does budgeting across the board, so yeah, the costs are the costs. Only Football (85), Men's Basketball (13), Women's Basketball (15) and Volleyball (12) are full scholarship sports by NCAA rule, all others are partial scholarships. Akron Athletics is looking at mandating that all student-athletes live on campus for 3 years, which would save money as if they choose to live off campus they get the room & board part of their full scholarships in a cash check. Athletes also get a cost of attendance stipend from the U of A, and then are eligible for Pell Grants and other NCAA based financial props that can add up to as much as $18K a year, tax free. Don't forget that every full scholarship is also inclusive of the exhaustive number of student fees. https://www.uakron.edu/admissions/undergraduate/tuition_fees.dot
    1 point
  13. The scholarship cost is greatly inflated IMO. Akron has the extra capacity in its dorms and classrooms to absorb the students. Particularly now as we over expanded thinking enrollment would balloon to 30k+, but now it's down to 20k. Sure, it costs money to feed them and they use electricity so I'm not saying there is no cost associated with them. I just feel it's much less than the stated cost. Being able to eliminate and/or reduce travel costs and other coaches/admins would IMO be what actually substantially saves the university money. Edit: Perhaps the university should look into selling off Polsky or lease out a few floors for office space.
    1 point
  14. Exactly. I will wait for @akronzips71 to "weigh" in on this before I decide if this guy is worth it
    1 point
  15. Somebody has to step into all the 3's left out there now that Riak is gone. We need bigs and it appears this kid has been on Groce's radar for a while. More than Big Dog he reminds me of Wood.
    1 point
  16. I mean, he seems incredibly athletic considering his build. Doesn't seem like a Big Dog type to me, outside of figure. He can shoot.
    1 point
  17. https://www.10tv.com/article/motorcade-rally-drives-through-athens-protest-ohio-university-cuts-2020-may Protesting cuts in the Animal Husbandry program.
    1 point
  18. I thought he looked familiar. We offered him initially coming out of high school.
    1 point
  19. I am thinking 3 years of eligibility and can play right away.
    1 point
  20. That kid needs some serious conditioning. Seems like an odd choice for the System.
    1 point
  21. First: They have a director of entertainment
    1 point
  22. Was Bob Huggins not accountable? Caleb Porter? Keith Dambrot? Thank you for your service. I don't agree with your persistently negative stance, but thanks for being on the front line.
    1 point
  23. A large portion of ESPN is dedicated to the broadcast (which they get revenue) and other programming (which the get revenue). That's whole levels of management, and other workers that are all getting paid on a system that wouldn't exist without the players. Just look at how desperate ESPN is for programming right now...and if there's not College sports in the Fall; how many people are going to be without jobs at ESPN? The student-athletes don't need to "pay-back" the institution. If the athlete didn't play at one institution, there is certainly another institution they could go to. That's because the DEMAND, is for the product of football, not the institution. One of the major assets in producing that product, is the athlete. The institution is merely the marketplace to facilitate the demand is paired with the product. And the institution is "paid-back" by what it makes off of selling tickets, broadcast rights etc. Of which, frankly, the athletes should have a share in. But even if they didn't, they absolutely should be able to sell their likeness without any reprocussion from the university. THEY are the product that is in demand.
    1 point
  24. Stupid people need a place to go to school too.
    1 point
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