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A big reason why they went away from the double bye was because schools thought it was too over powered and used it as an excuse for why Akron constantly made the finals under Dambrot. Now that both Toledo and Miami got embarrassed by an early upset a few years apart and Akron is dominating even more so than before they want to make changes once again. It seems the other ADs are just tired of Akron winning.

None of the schools they compete with seem to have very strong football programs. It says a lot that instead of trying to elevate their level to compete with Louisville, they decided to form an entirely new league just to avoid playing them. Louisville is a solid program, but it’s not like they’re Massillon or Hoban. Feels like a loser mentality.

It's surprising how consistently bad women's basketball has been. They have access to the same training facility and analytical tools men's basketball has. I know they don't have the same NIL that the men's program has, but none of the MAC women's programs are spending big dollars on NIL.

It's probably part of their business strategy. The thought process is drops drive demand as it creates artificial scarcity and FOMO. Not to mention it reduces expenses by eliminating the amount of inventory those websites need to keep on hand. It's actually growing more common in e-commerce.

I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with it. There is just a reason I choose to never buy Nike team gear unless it's heavily discounted. To each their own.

I would have to imagine most of these players who are in for workouts, but didn't participate in the combine are likely viewed as summer league roster fill outs and G-League stashes.

Something like this would probably work best as an early-season MTE. If the top mid-majors can no longer get into tournaments that now only accept high-majors, then mid-majors should create their own versions of events like the Battle 4 Atlantis or the Maui Invitational.

You greatly overestimate how much people care to play YSU or CSU. We played them in the past as part of the Coaches vs Cancer event the 4 NEO schools took part in. Attendance wasn't good. Joe Akron doesn't care about those programs. Hell, CSU hosted a Horizon League tournament game in their home arena in March, which I watched on ESPN+ as I'm a college basketball junkie, and it looked like there were only a few dozen fans in attendance. If CSU "fans" don't even care about CSU basketball why would Akron? Make it make sense. Now you want Akron to play H&H with YSU football? Yeah, no point in continuing this discussion if that's how you really feel.

Because there is clearly a hierarchy outside of the P6 despite you trying to claim one doesn't exist.

I feel part of the problem is with between NIL, freedom of players to move frequently, and realignment there are just fewer top ~75 mid-major programs than there was 5-10 years ago. It makes it challenging to find Q1 match-ups against other mid-majors unless you have a crystal ball to know specifically who will be good.

If that was remotely true then we wouldn't have trouble getting getting programs like Saint Louis, Memphis, Wichita State, Dayton, etc. to come to the JAR.

Exactly, OSU, as a high major, would never agree to a H&H with us since we're a mid-major. It doesn't make sense for us to schedule one with a low major like CSU or YSU.

If they were refinanced and the term was extended it would make sense the annual payment is less than the ~4.5 million it was initially. I would have to imagine the stadium and field house make up the majority of the athletic departments debt.

We already have plenty of regional rivalries with Kent, Ohio, and Toledo. All of which are better programs than YSU or CSU. If you want to establish a OOC rivalry with another mid-major we should target a Wright State, NKU, or maybe renew a rivalry with Marshall. All of which are historically better programs than YSU or CSU.

The MAC going to a rumored 22 conference games means 3 OOC games will already be eliminated. The reason I said 3 instead of 4 is because the NCAA increased the number of games teams are allowed to play by 1 for the upcoming season. My hope would be those would be the games eliminated already. If we can only play 10 OOC games moving forward with 3 of them being an early season tournament and 2 being the SunBelt-MAC challenge, that leaves only 5 other games we can schedule moving forward. Of those 5 one has to think 1-2 would be against a high major. That leaves 3-4 other games.