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Any closure of a university would require political involvement. There's no way any politician is going to take the political heat that would come with that. Elimination of duplicative programs is where I see this going. Each university keeping its strengths and students getting directed to schools in their areas of strength. Akron gets engineering and law, PCCC gets basket weaving and cosmetology, OU gets animal husbandry, YSU gets organized crime studies, etc.

Because Akron and Youngstown are too far a way to drive a tractor to class.

University of Akron Brimfield Branch has a nice ring to it.

If an athlete can get $300 from a car dealership for doing a radio add, I see no problem with it. I just feel the university shouldn't be the ones paying players, especially since we're not actually profiting given our deficits on athletics. We're a place for higher learning, not a semi pro club.

Well I thought common sense would be for them to have the right to make money like the rest of us so I think we're on different wavelengths ?

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That's the same position the program was in when Groce inherited it. It would probably be a slower rebuild next time as I doubt we'd spend to get someone who has the proven success that Groce does given out financial situation.

If he left now that would put hoops into the same trash bin as football.

Stupid people need a place to go to school too.

Ohio has 14 Public Universities, serving a population of around 11.6M people. As far as public universities per capita goes, there are only five states with fewer public universities per capita than Ohio (Iowa, Illinois, Washington, California, and Arizona). I don't think closing schools is the answer. Eight of the public universities are full FBS Div 1 schools, despite the fact that OSU out-earns everyone else in the state combined. Ohio is a sports-crazy state, and the number of school trying to compete in the small arena of revenue sports is staggering, especially with the giant in the room that sucks the wind out of everyone else's sails. I sincerely hope that there is an identity for Ohio's public schools outside of sports. Akron has (or have had) excellent Engineering, Polymer Tech, Psychology, and Law departments. There are some programs that basically need to be at every university - Education (and all associated traditional teaching subjects), Nursing, and Business. It might take the University System of Ohio to step in and close or consolidate some colleges within Universities regionally to keep all of these schools viable, but as long as sports are such a major driver of budgets and the conversations on school's viability, I don't see that happening.

Yep, it will be a battle at the top. I was amused watching the ESPN's "The Last Dance" and them talking about Jordan's letter to his mom asking for her to send him money during his freshman season. I assumed they paid better, even back then.

This may be sacrilegious but I think the best outcome would be combining Kent and UA

I'm not really sure how I feel about it quite yet. You're worth whatever someone will pay you, right? I don't see many players really making meaningful dollars off of this. I mean maybe what, 10-15 are really nationally relevant year to year. Though then you can cross the line into "pay to play" if the rates get egregious.. Glad I'm not the one making the rules!

As a somewhat outside observer, I would encourage some of you to take a deep breath and wait until the actual decisions are made known. You may drive yourself crazy this week with speculation. I know, "easy for you to say." I really feel for you guys. There are no good options. Only levels of bad options.

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Very few of these guys are going to make enough off of their likeness to exceed the scholarship amount they are given. These kids aren't even allowed to work part time jobs, what's the big deal with them earning some extra cash on the side? I had academic scholarships, should I have forfeited those when I earned money from my part time job?

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When It rains it pours. It’s no wonder nobody has any pride in this school. Constantly treading water.

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