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ESPN is the $300 weekly stimulus check...it's welfare. MAC schools would rather sit and home and collect ESPN's checks than build their programs, market them and fill stadiums. It's a lot less work.

Clark, you forgot to mention that the ESPN contract called for games to be played primarily in late October and into November. Rain and cold were added to no daylight yielding embarrassing low attendance. The casual viewer was served up a message that said "this conference is a joke, no one cares to attend". It's always a great look for Akron when there are more people in the band than there are in the stands.

I always thought this was driven by vegas - there are so many football gamblers, they needed something with some air of legitimacy to drive daily sports books and bring people in to the casinos. The most well-informed articles about MAC football seem to be from gamblers, not fans at this point.

What in the world are we even talking about. No playoffs in college sports?? The ambiguity of these comments are over my head. Plus all I see is a bunch of complaining and no solutions. Before there was no G5 chance. Now there is. Its limited, but its better than what it was. Unfortunately, I think the AAC and Boise St will dominate that slot most years which isn't good for us, but it wasn't too long ago NIU and WMU made BCS games as the top ranked G5 programs.