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The respect Groce had for Halcovage makes me empathetic for George. In regards to Buffalo - sucks. 🤷‍♂️

Crazy how far the UB program has fallen. Under Oats they were prepared to spend big money. Now as soon as they show any sign of life they get gutted. I used to feel dislike towards them. Now I take pity on them.

The uncertainty is less than ideal. Likely an indication a few plan to test the waters. A bit surprised nobody has yet come out and announced it one way or the other.

It's not a sunk cost fallacy because I'm not saying we have to keep the sport because of the stadium. I'm pointing out eliminating the sport doesn't eliminate the annual expense for the stadium. All I'm asking for is an analysis that would detail the expenses saved from the elimination of the sport vs the revenue lost. That's called making an informed decision.

John Fanta called Akron a monster. Did you hear that Zippy? You are to be feared.

And this is exactly the sunk cost fallacy. We've already invested so much, so let's continue risking and losing more in the future. Even with the stadium, continuation of the football program is difficult to justify right now, and as you said, competing even amongst our peers is looking increasingly bleak. It's time for administration to seriously consider making the very difficult decision, even if it compromises us staying in the MAC. Besides, I think if one MAC school abandons football, a handful of others could follow.

From ABJ: The NCAA transfer portal will open for college basketball players on April 7 and remain open for 15 days. Guards Eric Mahaffey and Sharron Young are notable Zips players with remaining eligibility whom Akron hopes to retain. With Ford taking the torch from Groce, at least UA has a head coach its players know. “I think it helps, right?” Ford said. “But in today's climate, you never know. I think it'll clearly give us an upper hand on retaining some guys. I've had the ability here to meet with the majority of them, some of them over the phone, some of them face to face. “We've had good conversations. Our guys know where I stand and what my expectations are, and I think that'll help. But, obviously, guys have to make a decision. At the University of Akron, not only the athletic program, we want guys who want to be here.”

That's fine, I already previously stated I'm open to the idea. I would want a more informed opinion before feeling strongly one way or the other. It's more that if you want to present the numbers you should only factor in the expenses that would be saved by eliminating the sport. If an expense would still remain then it wouldn't be a savings. You would also need to factor in revenue lost and the delta of additional travel costs of moving all our sports to another conference.

Hey, that's one of the moments of all time

The two redhead Campbell twins, one of which torched us, from Troy are in the portal.

And if you can’t compete and attract increased enrollment..what good is it? All these costs come back to the students attending the university and it’s out of control. At least one gubernatorial candidate has mentioned school consolidation to control cost….anybody ready for the Akron Kent Zips

From quick back of the napkin math based on google search results, the 6 home football games drew more total attendance than all of the home basketball games this past season , so I would think a lot of people would care.

so he couldn't create his own shot? He and Bowen have that in common🤔

To be fair Infocision is a sunk cost. Eliminating the sport doesn't make the debt financing for it go away. It's not like we could sell it to a third party to eliminate the financial burden. Edit: For me it's more the revenue share/NIL that has me discouraged about the football program. Forget competing against the P4. I'm not sure how we can compete financially against Miami (OH), Toledo, WMU, etc. They have a lot more money to throw at football compared to us.

I not sure anyone is attacking football but you have to look at the numbers and football is the lions share. Looks like chart doesn’t include facilities cost to maintain the sport. Maybe no one cares about the other sports, but honestly, do you think anyone would care if UA didn’t have a football team.

A qoute from Dustin in today's ABJ. “I made the most of my ability,” he said. “I was really good at fouling people and yelling double-team when I threw the ball in the post, so they'd have to throw it out and I could shoot one because I couldn't get a shot on my own.” This is why he will be a good head coach. Humble guy.

The human side of college sports is gone. Today people coach and play for the names on the back of the jersey, not the front. Quoting the late Don Ohlmeyer - "The answer to all your questions is 'money'." We paid him to do a job, and he did it at a high level, with integrity. D1 basketball is a business, and it was a good business transaction for both parties.

I like the strategic positioning of the quote marks.

Assume more quotes will be coming timed with the intro today. Nothing from Rique?

Retention strategy is super important in the TP NIL Coaching Carousel era.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a transition plan in place to retain Eric and Sharron, maybe contact between Goodrich and Bud prior to Groce leaving. Maybe a Dustin convo? Goodrich seems to have been ready for the coaching change.