Hi everyone,
I am new to this site and I needed to vent. I have really become frustrated with how the football program has been treated by the administration, and the athletic department, I think we all heard the frustration in Joe's interview after the Toledo win. They schedule 3 of the toughest programs in the country brings in millions of dollars to the school yet they don't even have a meal program for the players; their athletic training program is not what a division ! program should be, and Akrons children's hospital maybe great for kids but for adult football players not so much, and In this day and age a division 1 college football program cannot survive without NIL money which Akron has none, so they are losing players that make a difference to the portal for the promise of 20,000, not millions. Don't be surprised if some quality players leave for the portal after this year. The Zips have one of the most respected coaching staff in college football so don't be surprised if they start to disappear .
I don't know how much money the football team made from playing teams like Ohio State, and South Carolina, but I know it certainly does not get much back for the team. I do have one question? Who pays for the administration to go to the away games because they where all there in Columbus, Ohio and Columbia, South Carolina, (don't know about New Jersy was unable to go). Yet there is no concern for the health or welfare of the players who are playing those teams. I have been around football for a long time and I know quality programs breed success. The business of football has changed and Akron has not kept up with the rest of the country and the rest of the MAC and until they do the MAC championship they won in 2005 maybe their last.
