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There are times when they offer matchday live for $30, very good deal whether you pay that or the normal rate. I try to watch every game a Zip is in.

could care less about that site. Notice how they're big Suckeye fans, while most of us here are not.

Over 36,000 fans paying tribute to Steve Zakuani at Qwest field. Pretty remarkable to see a Zip honored this way. http://www.mlssoccer.com/videos?catid=114&id=14267

MLSsoccer story on Valentin: Valentin gets on-the-job training for Chivas USA

It would be very bad for the University of they don't catch these guys.

skip-zip, no offense intended, but in what world is it like this now? It is already closer to guys getting paid (actually, they are getting paid) than college students who happen to play a sport. Way closer. Let's not try to make believe really talented guys at schools like Alabama are there to get an education or that the coaches care whether or not they get an education. Should they get paid by the schools? No. Should they be able to go out and get a job? Yes. Oh, I know the situation. And I'm merely stating that if we you are an Akron fan, and we continue to see principles that allow things to drift further in the other direction, it's not good news for us. We need to remember that a college education will be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in these kids lifetimes. And knowing how expensive college has gotten in the 30 years since I attended makes it a benefit that I think these kids should value even more. And that's coming from someone who personally knows what it was like to struggle financially to get a college education. I only agree with the job restriction because it opens the door for the kids at the bigger schools to get some real sweet perks from supporters and boosters, therefore contributing further to an unlevel playing field, and a disadvantage for Akron. But other than that, I sure wish they could find a way to allow kids to earn a little part time money. Well then I'm against the job restriction. I think the NCAA should have restrictions that close the door for kids to get real sweet perks from boosters. Job Restrictions help prevent against boosters giving players a job that pays $20-50 an hr to do nothing. Simple as that. These players wont be working at Wal-Mart if the job restrictions rule is lifted. You are terribly confused. Skip has already pointed out that these restrictions open the door for such activities. Confused? IF it goes on with restrictions, it has to be kept secret. If it goes on without restrictions, you can do it openly and more frequently. I think that should clear up any confusion.

skip-zip, no offense intended, but in what world is it like this now? It is already closer to guys getting paid (actually, they are getting paid) than college students who happen to play a sport. Way closer. Let's not try to make believe really talented guys at schools like Alabama are there to get an education or that the coaches care whether or not they get an education. Should they get paid by the schools? No. Should they be able to go out and get a job? Yes. Oh, I know the situation. And I'm merely stating that if we you are an Akron fan, and we continue to see principles that allow things to drift further in the other direction, it's not good news for us. We need to remember that a college education will be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in these kids lifetimes. And knowing how expensive college has gotten in the 30 years since I attended makes it a benefit that I think these kids should value even more. And that's coming from someone who personally knows what it was like to struggle financially to get a college education. I only agree with the job restriction because it opens the door for the kids at the bigger schools to get some real sweet perks from supporters and boosters, therefore contributing further to an unlevel playing field, and a disadvantage for Akron. But other than that, I sure wish they could find a way to allow kids to earn a little part time money. Well then I'm against the job restriction. I think the NCAA should have restrictions that close the door for kids to get real sweet perks from boosters. Job Restrictions help prevent against boosters giving players a job that pays $20-50 an hr to do nothing. Simple as that. These players wont be working at Wal-Mart if the job restrictions rule is lifted.

of course not, but ESPN did a story on it http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=6209609 Also, if you're interested in looking at revenues, they built a database. Akron's information is in there. http://b2.caspio.com/dp.asp?AppKey=900c100...e223e104a22814a

Dunder Mifflin from The Office has a branch in Akron, OH http://www.dundermifflin.com/about/

ESPN has an article rating the players, Bunbury scores a 6 http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/co...-shine-friendly

Nice job Mike!!

The latest Akron Alumni Magazine confirms that phase 3 will be completed before the 2011 season, which includes public restrooms and concessions.

Dig through the Off Topic section of this forum and you'll find all the explanations you'll need on why we love to hate Columbus's state college. Akron will never be another Boise/TCU if it can't compete for recruits against OSU. It wouldn't hurt Akron's recruiting if OSU had a few bad years. We could look at Central Michigan and Michigan State to see if Michigan's downfall has helped with their recruiting.

That's great, but excuse me for being unknowledgable about this draft. Is this event on TV anywhere? And do more than 10 people watch it? The publicity of hearing "The University of Akron" so many times would be great, but it needs a big audience. With the average attendance for MLS being around 17,000 per game, it's safe to say more than 10 people will be watching it.

7 more players representing the UA in the MLS, this is wonderful news. Especially with 5 of them getting Generation Adidas contracts, recruiting has never been easier for CP.

Even though Can't's our rival, Can't's an Akron metropolitan school. I'd root for Can't against Ohio State any day. It's hard to pick which I'd prefer here. If you beat Ohio State, it will send a message to recruits that you can beat the big programs at schools like Akron. The win will also receive national recognition. If you lose to Can't State 5 times in a row, no one except for Zips/Flushes fans will know about it. Recruits might not even take note of it.

Your list is very anti TW I jumped on the AD bashing bandwagon early in the football season, but given his record supporting our soccer team, TW is 'ok' in my book.

Pryor, the release states, must repay $2,500 for selling his 2008 Big Ten championship ring, a 2009 Fiesta Bowl sportsmanship award and his 2008 Gold Pants, a gift from the university. He will be suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season, or nearly half of his final year of collegiate eligibility. Amazing how these awards mean so little to him.

Here is a better database for the recruits: (Search by college at bottom of page) https://sites.google.com/site/soccerrecruits/ Not a bad list - many ranked on top drawer and 4 that have been to inter-regional camp over the last 2 years! That is some good recruiting for a team that has no history!!! Also, sending out a congrats to Ashley Hughes - a current sophmore on the Lady Zips team - she has been called into ID camp!! Does anyone know anything about Kaylee Semelsberger going to Alabama over Akron?

if any high speed rail system proposal doesn't include Akron, than I'm happy to see it fail. Whether it's good for the state or not isn't a concern, if it doesn't include Akron.

Talk about making a bad career move. Even though he made it to the College Cup Final, there has to be some regret for this man

The Ladies team has some great recruits coming for 2011 2011 and 2012 recruiting list 4 Star Players: 2 3 Star Players: 3 I think having 2 Four Star recruits will help this team a lot next year.

Imagine if Caleb Porter helped the Woman's team every now and then with recruiting. I say Akron should pay Caleb Porter at least 500k a year and make him the king of Akron Athletics. here's a list I found on woman's recruiting: List of Woman's College Recruits. I was wondering why Kaylee Semelsberger is listed for Alabama? Shouldn't she be going to Akron?? she's from Akron and seems to love the city

are you talking about this commercial?