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Just playing a little devil's advocate here looking at it from a business sense. I personally have a wait and see mentality, though all of this negative press isn't good. Running at a deficit of 60M, how would you cut expenses and why? The deficit isn't Scarborough's fault. As beloved as Proenza is, he's the one who left the University in this situation. These are tough decisions to make, and unfortunately someone has to get the short end of the stick.

BGSU is getting Cinci at home

It would be interesting to hear Dr S comment on the coaches contracts. I wonder if the word "that" would pop into a sentence again.

All the MAC schools need to cut sports-- but the first step is getting the universities to reel in the pay for coaches --especially of teams and sports that don't generate any net revenue. I get the idea that So and So are great basketball or football coaches--- but the reality is they are great at coaching a team in the MAC.... and in my (real) world if you are a MAC head coach, you really aren't worth much ($$) unless you deliver the goods ($$) People need to take emotion out and treat sports and athletic depts like they are businesses--- which they are.

Don't blame Scarborough. This is Louis Proenza's bills coming due! SS is jut the adult stepping in and trying to balance the checkbook and make the credit card payment. UA's athletic subsidy is twice the entire annual disbursement of UA's endowment. It is fully 5% of the university's entire budget. Somebody explain to me why this should be considered proper.

Akron works so hard to remain a second class university.

I disagree. Despite how much many on here loved him, Proenza left a financial time bomb behind. The trustees and the state are well aware of it. SS needs to make some bold statements that his team is aware of the problem and will clean it up. Publicly addressing the stadium was a good signal to the trustees, the Ohio regents and Governor's office that the adults are in charge, and it won't be more of the same at UA. He's not going to tear it down or sell it off. It is what it is, but he needs to let certain important observers know that he won't be going down the same path as Proenza. This year, UA's debt load ($487M) is larger than its annual budget ($484M).

That's what one says to separate himself from the blunders of others. We all know that building the stadium was not the problem. iCoach, 1-11 3 years in a row, weeknight MAC games. Fans and alumni can only take so much. President Scarborough should be spending his time talking about his plan to make the most of that stadium rather than what he wouldn't have done. Monday morning quarterbacking does no one any good.