Let'sGoZips94

The Supreme Court kept the flood gates open after the NCAA went decades with stupid rules that forced the system into its current situation.

You're right, and as @Captain Kangaroo said, it's a job with the goal being to get to a bigger program. Why? Because the NCAA said to hell with athletics and allow college sports to become a wild west free for all with no guardrails on any type of movement or financials. Yeah, I don't think a team that's struggling with the APR standards is majoring in anything significant. The couple of players that are aren't the problem. Give the rest a general business degree and let's move on.

Let's not act like college degrees haven't devalued themselves over the years with what's offered as courses nowadays. Do whatever it takes to keep the football program afloat and out of these types of headlines.

I think the issue is we don't even know what the problem is. Everyone is assuming it's a classroom/GPA issue, but the only specifics mentioned on the NCAA website are retention/transfer/graduation. I'm sure GPA is part of the problem, but do the aforementioned specifics pull us too far down? To @Captain Kangaroo's point, if those specifics have a heavy weight in the equation, what a joke in this era.

Hence why it's a joke this is enforced. This is happening everywhere; other programs simply have the means and wherewithal to make sure the "tutors" are "getting the job done" (wink wink). The NCAA is trying to save face academically and punishing a non-harmful program to their bottom line.

First of all, the APR is a joke. In the Portal/NIL era, academics don't matter. The only reason Akron is being punished is because we don't make the NCAA enough money. Second of all, how embarrassing. Two straight years of penalties. Pure negligence by JoeMo and his staff.

Purdue is projected to be a top 5 team in the country. This helps explain why.

My apologies - was supposed to be posted in the Around the MAC thread.

According to one of the Kent Twitter accounts, this clown is Rico Gillespie's cousin. So the guy who punched a teammate - leading to the teammate quitting the team - was never disciplined and Pinky decided he wants more of that bloodline on his team. If you listen closely, you can hear the whistle of the ref already giving this guy a technical foul.

They may turn out to be great, but on paper it looks like Kent lost their two best players and are throwing 💩 at the wall to see what sticks. A freshman big with severely diminished offers post Iowa decommit, an underperforming high school accolades guard, and a 260 lbs 6'7" "big man" senior with back problems. Yikes.

2-way players aren't playoff eligible.

6'7" 260 lbs. Had a good JR year for UNLV but had a "nagging back injury" that kept him out of all but 2 games last year. If he's healthy, he's Kent's version of Javan Simmons.

I didn't either until I clicked on his profile to see who we "offered" and found this tweet that he liked.

The wording on his tweet is so bizarre. Another account confirmed this is a commitment.

For those watching the Cavs/Pacers game, Enrique is on the right side of the Pacers bench at the end in a gray polo.

If only he were a lefty. 😂

If they teach Tahj how to use the laces, he might improve as a thrower. 😂

It was 4-5 at the half in favor of RMU. I turned it off when it went to 4-8 within the first few minutes of the second half. Apparently it got to 4-9 before Akron went on a 7-1 run and won in OT. Amazing.

Finalized my season ticket purchase this morning. While on the phone with the ticket sales rep, I asked if there were any home opponents he could divulge. He said he doesn't know the specifics, but they are closing in on securing a solid name that fans will be excited about for the home opener. He said the program is aware their last few home openers have been less than stellar draws, and they're looking to change that. It's not much in terms of breaking news, but as we approach the dead days of summer, it's something to look out for.

Hard to make a timely decision when the desperation money naturally doesn't flow in until later in the process. Without a doubt he was contacted prior to entering the Portal, and I would imagine any body language expert would confirm that from the interview. The person doing the interview conducted himself in an odd manner. I don't think Nate came off particularly stellar in the interview because of the position some of the questions put him in and his apparent lack of preparedness for said questions. I do also, though, appreciate the unprompted comment about his decision coming late in the process and putting Akron in a difficult spot. Showed some self-awareness and understanding of the situation at least. I thought his comments regarding his conversation with Groce were interesting. Doesn't sound like it was the cleanest breakup, although I expect nothing but professionalism from Groce which it sounds like occurred.

His dad is a former Akron QB under Faust and was the 1990 Athlete of the Year for UA. He is currently the co-OC & TE coach for Syracuse.