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Washington State LB Darryl Monrore to transfer to Akron Article is very poorly written. Found this and this on him. He graduated so he should be eligible to play this fall, I believe.

I'll keep this list as up-to-date as possible as recruiting season goes on. Tyler Shipman, 6-1 230lb DT, Buford HS, Buford, GAESPN profile, Hudl profileJaquavis Dixon, 6-2 177lb ATH, Hagarty HS, Oviedo, FLESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profileChris Bivins, 5-11 185lb CB, Highland CC, Highland, KSESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profileKefa Cort, 5-11 159lb WR, Erasmus Hall HS, Brooklyn, NYESPN profile, Hudl profile, Rivals profileVince Lockett, 5-11 190lb SS, St. Vincent St. Mary HS, Akron, OHESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profileMichael Means, 6-2 200lb WR, Scottsdale CC, Scottsdale, AZESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profile, Scout profileRichie Kallay, 6-5 287lb OL, Clearwater Central Catholic HS, Clearwater, FLHudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profile, Scout profileJoe Tupta, 6-1 256lb FB, Walsh Jesuit HS, Cuyahoga Falls, OHESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profileAvery Cagle, 6-4 227lb TE, Riverside Military Academy, Gainesville, GAESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profileVan Edwards, 5-8 195lb RB, Island Coast HS, Cape Coral, FLHudl profile, Scout profileUlysees Gilbert, 6-1 225lb LB, Trinity Catholic HS, Ocala, FLESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profile, Scout profileJoe Riggins, 6-2 205lb S, Cardinal Gibbons HS, Fort Lauderdale, FLESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profile, Scout profileMitchell Hlay, 6-7 275lb T, Revere HS, Richfield, OHHudl profileBrandon Junk, 6-3 228lb HB, Clearwater Central Catholic HS, Clearwater, FLHudl profileRichie Cooper, 5-10 171lb WR, Hallandale HS, Hallandale, FLESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profile, Scout profileMontel Jordan, 6-4 310lb OL, Deerfield Beach HS, Deerfield Beach, FLESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profile, Scout profileRay Ray Smith, 5-11 191lb ATH, Apopka HS, Apopka, FLESPN profile, Hudl profile, 247Sports profile, Rivals profile

Right, the wealthy schools are certainly not in favor of a player union because unions are a counterbalance to monolithic management power. The wealthy schools simply want to reimburse their players in a manner of their own choosing in order to lessen the perceived need for a union. A college player union could, indeed, make leveling the financial field one of its priorities.

An official description of the scope and current status of the JAR renovation study is available as one small item in the full 356-page report generated from UA's Dec. 10 board meeting, which is publicly available through an internet search. For those who don't want to bother digging through the whole document, I'll post below everything I could find about the renovation study:

Ianello's Pigskin Holocaust spreads to Canada!

Since he has been drafted (#12) by SKC, I'm bringing this over to this thread Grading the 2015 MLS SuperDraft Sporting KC Selections: M Connor Hallisey, California; D Saad Abdul-Salaam; M Amadou Dia, Clemson Grade: B Sporting KC had three first-round picks, and two of them were square hits. Hallisey has true potential in the midfield, though he may not be a ready-out-of-the-box kind of player. The true gem might be Abdul-Salaam, a pacey right back who enjoys living in the opponent’s third and whipping in pin-point crosses. Dia is a bit of a puzzler. With a number of quality midfielders still on the board, he was a bit of a stretch at No. 20 overall. http://www.sportingkc.com/video/2015/01/15/reaction-sporting-kc-selects-saad-abdul-salaam

For a reality check, ESPN and USA Today have annual features on college athletics revenues and expenses. They're not perfect because they rely on information released by each school, and there's no standard accounting method. But, taken with a grain of salt, they start to give an idea of how UA compares with other schools. The ESPN numbers are presented in table form that separates total operating revenue into individually sortable columns such as money that comes from student fees, university subsidies, donations, ticket sales, etc., and total operating expenses into such subcategories as recruiting, travel, medical expenses, etc. This is quite a comprehensive set of numbers. For example, if you sort by the student fees column to see who relied most on those specific fees, UA comes in #3 at $19,109,155. Sorting by the university subsidy column shows UA way down the list at $1,660,331. For comparison, Central Michigan is near the bottom of student fees with $75,200 shown but #4 in university subsidies at $18,497,623. So even though CMU claims a tiny amount of student fees are used for athletics, the university subsidizes athletics primarily out of its general fund with comparable total money to UA. Going through the various categories will give you an idea of how pathetically low UA and other smaller schools stand in comparison to the big boys. For example, UA was near the bottom of the contributions and donations column at $1,126,953 vs. $58,907,876 for #1 Wisconsin -- roughly 2%. Under ticket sales, UA was a lowly $1,177,127 vs. $60,860,735 for #1 Texas -- again roughly 2%. Spend a little time studying the numbers in these tables and you begin to understand how the poorer schools have no choice but to use a portion of student fees if they want to compete in athletics at a level remotely close to the richer schools. The most recent USA Today study doesn't have all the revenue and expense subcategories ESPN has, but does have sortable columns for total subsidy and % subsidy. If you sort by % subsidy, UA is down at #77 with 74.30% of total athletic expenses being subsidized in one way or another ($20,769,486 total subsidies vs. $28,407,737 total expenses). The Zips are right in the middle along with other MAC schools and other MAC-level conferences. At the top a handful of high major schools have zero subsidies because their athletics generate so much cash, while at the bottom a large number of smaller schools subsidize 80-90% of their athletic expenses. I think the more we look at real numbers and real comparisons with other schools the more likely we're able to form educated opinions on how UA has been performing and what needs to be done to help fund athletics at a level that's acceptable and appropriate for all concerned. ESPN Tables USA Today Tables

I am all for playing games at the Q if that's what it takes to get some better opponents.