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I agree with you on it being slick, and unlike GP1 I don't think it's lame.It's actually more modern looking, and the slanted MAC has been a staple of the logos for as long as I can remember. Hopefully the new look signifies a new attitude for the MAC executives.The other thing I noticed, we at least have original colors to the conference logo. Apparently everyone thinks they have a right to red, white, and blue.

I didn't. I wouldn't expect it, though.I'm not, just wishful thinking. An outside hope that someone in marketing would have had enough foresight to send imaging information to EA.

I'm sure it's only a matter of time though before GP1 says..."You can dress up a turd all you want, it's still a turd"

Actually I like this look, now the problem is they needed to have this out a couple of months ago, so that it is in popular media (AKA NCAA Football 2009). Rule on in re-branding is...what used to be is no more. You have to get rid of any reference to the old logos that can.It actually is in NCAA '09. I just thought the game developers were lazy and didn't want to bother putting in the official MAC logo so the made a generic one. Turns out, they were ahead of the curve on this one.Too bad none of the sports publications out there (Athlon, Lindseys, ect.) are using the new logo. The MAC was about one month too late to get it in the mags.Didn't happen to see if the University of Akron managed to get the new stadium into the game did you?

Actually I like this look, now the problem is they needed to have this out a couple of months ago, so that it is in popular media (AKA NCAA Football 2009). Rule on in re-branding is...what used to be is no more. You have to get rid of any reference to the old logos that can.

The scary thing is that, if the University decides to not appeal and just pay the decision (3.1 million), precedent is set for FMV compensation hearings for the properties Manny owns. It's a catch 22, appeal, the Manny hearing keeps getting pushed back, then the dorms take longer to get up, court costs increase. Don't appeal, risk the chance of getting hosed on the other properties still yet to be acquired. The big thing is this all has an impact on other campus projects, with out the new dorms, then Galluci has to stay, funds have to be shifted around for student residence buildings and the University has to turn kids away that want to live on campus.

Was just curious how involved the alumni association is with sports in general. If there are any members, when are the meetings? Why is the alumni website so horrible?Not trying to call out the alumni association, just trying to get involved.

Heisman was here slightly over a year (5-2 first season; 1-0). The board ran him out because they felt it was more important to focus on academics. To dismiss him as a footnote is foolish. That would be like Milan, OH acting like Edison never existed since he was only born there and most of his inventions were created in his lab in New Jersey.If you have a tie, any tie, to someone of great importance, you play it up. To that extent Heisman St, from Spicer into the heart of the athletic complex speaks volumes to the legacy that is Akron Football. On a side note, I think it is also important to have a statue honoring some great heroes of the University of Akron Athletics. Right now I can thing of Heisman, and Taylor (since he is a future hall of famer). But that is just football.

Yeah because then they can run them out through inflated property values, and lack customers.

I saw two large shiny red cranes from Rt 8 on my way to work today.

Hmm, the cost of the ticket is surprisingly similar to what I would be willing to pay for a YSU ticket today.

Akron News Now ArticleThis is actually a pretty big deal.

I cringe at the thought of anyone of the WNBA players doing this.

Ah man that is awesome. It sucks I am at work and can't see this (no Java). Does anyone think it will be visible from RT 8?

For what it's worth...Per NCAA Football 2009School Overall Offense Defense ConferenceBowling Green 74 73 80 EastAkron 72 75 73 EastCan't State 72 77 71 EastMiami University 72 75 73 EastTemple 69 73 69 EastBuffalo 67 77 62 EastOhio 67 66 73 East Western Michigan 79 77 85 WestNorthern Illinois 77 79 78 WestCentral Michigan 72 81 66 WestBall State 69 79 64 WestToledo 67 75 66 WestEastern Michigan 64 68 69 West

When I say pro-citizen's rights I mean that the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the few. I mean that not every person should not have to pay because one person is greedy. What you fail to realize, and never mention is that the 3 million, or whatever ends up being decided by the court is coming from your pocket, my pocket, and every person's pocket in the state. How is it anywhere near fair, that the Nemers get well above market value?It's not fair eniment domain or not that Nemers are getting far above FMV. The jury erred basing their decision on Main St property values Vs Spicertown. This verdict needs to be greatly reduced. Joe Nemer already whinnying about they're trying to take my bar before the motion has even been accepted says his attorney must be wee bit worried about this motion.It's not fair that the Joe Nemer get's so much f-ing money. He didn't do anything to make that property that valuable.

When I say pro-citizen's rights I mean that the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the few. I mean that not every person should not have to pay because one person is greedy. What you fail to realize, and never mention is that the 3 million, or whatever ends up being decided by the court is coming from your pocket, my pocket, and every person's pocket in the state. How is it anywhere near fair that the Nemers get well above market value?

zenYes we are biased. But for the most part we are all college educated. You always come up with apples and oranges comparisons. "The state using eminent domain on the campus to put in a highway" or "Waste Management Corp convinced the City of Akron to take hundreds of homes and businesses through eminent domain to put in a land fill". Things that are just way to fanciful to ever happen.Why not utilize a real comparison? The city of Akron, using eminent domain to take the poorly named "poets corner" (which having lived in the city for over a quarter century I had never even heard that area called that until this year) for the Goodyear Riverwalk project. How does the zipsnation community feel about this? A proposed 900 million - 1 billion dollar project. The city has to acquire a similar number of homes and businesses (mostly settled but there are holdouts). See, there is pro-property rights and then there is pro-citizen rights. When you live in a community and you own property in that community, you have a responsibility to do the best you can to make that property appealing to everyone. This lowers crime rates, increase property values, and is actually better for the environment. So yes, you have a right to own your property, and not have it illegally seized. You have a right to fair market value for the property if it is seized. But when your actions, and the way you handle your property violates the rights of others in the community (that is what blight is, neglect of ownership responsibilities) then yes you are susceptible to urban renewal.If you look at the common theme between both of these projects, you will see that the property owners had very little regard for their property. Period.And let's be honest. If "Poet's corner" or "the Zip Strip" looked like Highland Square, or Fairlawn. Do you think that these areas would have been susceptible to eminent domain? No. These are people that didn't care about their property enough to keep it up, then when someone wants to buy it, they suddenly think they are entitled to extra money.

Ohio.com Article

Yeah, but you gotta admit that there is something very satisfying about watching liberal organizations attacking the mascot of a liberal bastionThat was actually my first thought. Then I wondered which restroom the PETA official used after visiting Can't: Male, Female, or Transgendered.

[/The end]I know you better than you know yourself. lolYou just don't like it when someone disagrees with your position and sounds valid doing it.Yes, you asked for snide, now your getting it.[The end /]Zen, nothing you ever say sounds valid. But you are right, we need to get over it, it sucks that the University got hosed on this, and we will probably get hosed on the Manny properties too. The fact is, when all is said and done the campus will be improved. Five years from now, no one is going to remember how much was paid except for a few people that had passionate view points and accountants.

Let's be honest..LOL then be real honest and realize that the state isn't going to put a highway through a striving state owned university. If you are going to make comparisons then make accurate comparison's. But to say we rationalize because we are fans, when most of the rationalizations I have seen, offered double market value from the get go, offered help to acquire property new the university prior to the eminent domain. Then we suddenly see that a jury decides something the state (the jury itself, and everyone else) is going to buy is worth 2.7 million?No sorry, that's not justice, it's just stupidity.

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While I doubt that Exchange would be re-routed any time soon, it would be a simple matter of curving the existing Exchange St to Wheeler utilizing the existing Brown Exchange intersection, and then widening Wheeler through to Sherman. There are a lot of properties involved that would make this even a bigger pain then any of the current eminent domain issues the University and city have.I'm all for unifying the campus over Exchange, but this can be done with pedestrian bridges and tunnels at a far lower cost then acquiring a ton of land and the massive road project that would ensue.

Well for the budget portion, the acquisition of the property would go under the dorm budget, and not the stadium budget But yeah, I say let them see what it's like to own multi-million dollar property for a while. I couldn't believe the decision on this. How a judge doesn't say, "This is exorbinant and you need to go back and think again on this" I will never know.