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I do not remember. It just really surprised me.

Much less than his dad's asking price of $4mil.

How much NIL PJ get?

Nate's going to have some transfer company at Kansas State as they just "signed" PJ Haggerty, a 6'3" guard from Memphis, the nation's third leading scorer last year. It will be his 4th school in 4 years.

HGTV. The rime place to advertise football.

Mitch Budler listed as a top 11 USL 2 player to watch by Top Drawer Soccer. https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ9-7lFxy7v/?img_index=3&igsh=MWFveTV5YnZwMWdhcg==

Flint City beats Kalamazoo 1-0 on a goal from Ashton Kamdem. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKDuRthv7-O/?igsh=MWVqMG9vbGJwb2dpcQ==

After the 2-1 win vs Cleveland Force, Akron City Coach Hoggarth, mentions using James Buebendorf to open the game up with his pace at left back. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKDrpkEsfNO/?igsh=MWM1NDZpYWRmOW1xYw==

Which channel?

Stefan and Remi from a week ago 👏👏👏

Caleb Borneo 👏👏👏

Billboards and radio advertising I've heard frequently.

I saw something that I have not seen in years. A TV ad promoting Akron football. Can anyone remember the last time you saw any paid advertising for any Akron sports program?

People like to pick the language apart, but it's propped up by taxpayers. If it wasn't for taxpayer support, UofA wouldn't exist.

Coaching salaries have become absurd. Sure, guys like Nick Saban did enough to generate buzz and revenue at their schools to be worth their salaries. I just don't see how the math math's that guys like Moorhead are worth $500k and his assistants are worth ~$150k (or more) each. Most of the revenue Akron generates in football is fixed. The other revenue (ticket sales, concessions, parking) that are coach can impact is very minimal at schools like Akron. Camden Stockton I remember in an interview said ticket sales only generated ~$800k in revenue and that was for all sports. Even if we say football makes up 75% that would be barely enough to cover just Moorhead's pay. The whole system is propped up because of institutional support.

Schools like Northwestern, Wake Forest, Duke, Stanford, etc will be finished. P4 is going away. It will be one super league. It has nothing to do with the NFL and everything to do with TV networks. One super leage is less expensive to produce and more expensive to buy advertising for. It's a win-win for the TV networks.

The simple answer is schools like Akron aren't expected to compete. There are even schools in the P4 (Northwestern, Vanderbilt, half the ACC, etc. that aren't expected to compete. Programs like Akron exist because someone needs to be at the bottom of the food chain to prop others up. The P4 isn't going to go away because there is no way the NFL can replicate a farm league that would generate the revenue that the top ~30 FBS programs do. There have been how many spring leagues over the years that have failed? There is no market for minor league NFL. College football thrives off tradition and millions of people feeling connected to schools they didn't even attend.

Good questions. If there are 85 current scholarships, reduce the total number of players to around 60, no scholarships. Reducing the administrative staff will be a savings as it will involve the deprofessionalizarion of college athletics. There are millions of dollars spent on administrative staff that can easily be reduced. The money is all there, just not in the hands of those who need it. Do they really need as many assistant coaches as they have? The bloat in college athletics is enormous. Cap head coaches salaries. The elimination of spring practice and summer jobs lend themselves to more time for a part time job. Spring practice is a joke so use that time in a less joke like manner. If a kid is so poor that he needs a full time job to earn a living, that's where the needs based financial support comes in. The one thing we all have to keep in mind is playing college athletics just because you were good at sports in high school isn't a right. In addition, just because someone earns a masters degree in Sports Management doesn't give them a right to a job where the taxpayers support their desires. There is no magic pool of money.

A lot of this sounds good. I am afraid that a lot may be difficult to put into operation. When we talk about 'needs based financial support' for athletes. I am wondering where that money is going to come from. With the current political environments in Washington and Columbus the politicians running the show right now aren't allocating more money to higher education. If anything its generally getting reduced. Where do you get the additional financial aid that would be necessary? Athletes allowed 'to earn a living'. What are the parameters? How much can they work to earn a living? They still have to attend classes, do school work and practice and play their sport. I worked part time jobs while in school. I didn't play sports. I couldn't work enough to 'earn a living'. I would love to see the P4 schools go away. I would love to see the NFL have to do what baseball and hockey do. Develop high school athletes who can't or don't want to attend college in a minor league system. The NFL has gotten a free ride on this. Start spending some of those billions of $$$ developing your own players. That would help eliminate some of the BS that is going on at the college level. How do schools like Akron really expect to consistently compete the way the system is currently set up? Frustrating. Great discussion.

BAM! Wedding reception during the Toledo game on 9/27... save the date! 😅 ETA: Very nice young couple so I'm not complaining..

That would be awesome. My question is, what would that framework be? What if the framework was this simple below the P4 level. 1. Eliminate scholarships for college athletes. We are the only country bankrupting universities with athletic departments. 2. Allow college athletes to earn a living. This is America. 3. Restrict transferring to one time. Eliminate the obnoxious. 4. Academic standards that require movement towards a degree. This is actually helpful to kids. 5. Better regionalized conferences. Better rivalries. 6. Needs based financial support for athletes who cannot otherwise afford college. Help those who need help. 7. Schools agree to not charge out of state tuition for varsity athletes. Stop the shell game.

Some of the top streamers in the world are converging on... The University of Akron!

Kamden Held, who was on the zips fall and spring roster......has transferred to Wisconsin Green Bay https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ48YGbTrPG/?hl=en

Hollobaugh flipped his transfer commitment, whatever you want to call it to Ohio