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I think this new economic reality is going to separate the haves from the have-nots even further. The programs that have had their crap together the past 25, 35, 50+ years are going to further distance themselves from the rest of the BCS. That could help Akron if they get their crap together. There's no reason we can't compete with the rest of the MAC, and the bottom half of the Big Ten and other P5 conferences. IF. For such a short word, it is huge for us.

How many posters who demanded Akron stay in FBS, are now complaining about the cost?

NCAA fires a warning shot at CMU.

Only having him 4 years will look stupid if he fixes it and leaves.

I’ll bring a battery powered air pump.

An NFL team has what, 45, 50 players on the roster, and plays 16-20 games? Yeah they have a pool of talent to bring in as backups when they have injuries. But why do colleges need twice as many?

Quaker Square has zero occupancy now.

A drop in the bucket. When I was done with prerequisites and switched to main campus, I was paying for busses, the bowling alley, the pool hall, the theater, the workout facility, the rock climbing wall, the indoor pool, who knows how much other stuff I paid for that I never used. And then, because I didn’t live on campus and didn’t use the busses I paid for, I paid to park. I know all about student fees.I incurred twice as much debt on the main campus than I did at Wayne.

First, glad you’re back ZW. You just asked the most important question. Reading the drivel from so many fans, it seems the only important thing a college program can do is win games. If you can’t win enough games, cut the program. Now. There wouldn’t be any sports left... Others think it’s about drawing fans. If you can’t draw “enough” football fans (even though it sells as many tickets as the rest combined), cut the program. How many is enough? Is paying many of its own expenses not enough? Gotta cut the program!! Funny I thought all these years school sports at all levels built student confidence, teamwork, leadership, setting personal goals and accomplishing them, being a part of something. Putting it on your resume. Maybe, going on to. Hall of Fame career in the pros. Not to entertain some ungrateful alumni who will try to cut your program if you have a losing record.

Ask Niles, Ohio

I don’t see how “he” failed. He didn’t recruit the seniors, juniors, or sophomores. We’re not going to see his recruiting until maybe 2021. Knee jerk reactions to how Bowden’s third to last recruiting class played will only ensure we stay in last place. The financial side has already been thoroughly covered.

I keep hearing how the payday games sustain football, if not the whole athletic Dept. How it draws network money, sells a heel of a lot more tickets, corporate sponsorships, we played payday games to PAY the left over salary, blah blah blah. And I keep hearing the football haters complain that it is such a financial drain on the athletic Dept. How exactly is it possible a program can break even, and yet take millions of dollars out of university coffers. Sounds like jealousy to me...

Easy now. Jared inherited a perennial NCAA tournament team and took it to losing 70% of its games last year. still haven’t heard a single call for soccer to go bye bye despite the recent performance. Hold on. Let me crack open a beer before the fanatics start pumping their chests...

A one time five million dollar donation is a drop in the bucket against the FBS playoff teams. They’re reportedly operating on $100,000,000 annual budgets. Do you have that many poker chips to gamble with?

It’s probably for the better that football was spared. What would they have to whine about then? Every. Single. Day.

Well if you can make an annual nine figure donation to the football program, we could eventually compete with the Alabama’s and Ohio States and the Clemsons. Nobody here would be mad that you did. Until then, we’re just happy to still have a program. Well, some of us. ?

Many forget football still gets more butts in the seats even in a bad year. And more TV and advertising money. Those jealous of its budget don’t consider that.

I am all for the MAC cutting scholarships. Maintain your FBS status, take your payday whooping (or two), go to the Podunk Bowl when you have a good year, take the TV money, and have a self-sustaining program. IF the whole conference does same.

Dropping to FCS adds travel expenses to conference games. 14 programs flying to the Dakotas every year runs up a heck of a bill.

Oh boy. Nothing like taking a squirt gun to a shootout.

Question. Is losing the MAC tournament a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand we can go to the NCAA with fresh legs. On the other, we could always have a bad regular season game or two and need that automatic bid from the tourney...

It’ll be used. Plus we have a club tennis team. Anything to keep people from getting fat I’m all for.

I’ll take 1 win with a roster of underclass men (8 fresh) in a first year program with a reported one full scholarship over what football game us. We were only blown out once or twice.

Baseball is using a new self-sustaining model. The team does not award university-funded scholarships. The ballpark was/is being refurbished with contributions and corporate sponsorships are covering other costs. And they're not flying south for early season games like before. I have heard that it is designed to be self sustaining right off the bat, or that it will be self sustaining within five years. But either way, that is the model. More college sports should work that way... As far as entertaining the students, that's actually not the main reason for college athletics. We're not talking about a very active student body when it comes to attending any of the sports that I have seen. Besides that, not all students like bowling , shooting pool or darts, going to movies, going to the gym, competing in intramurals, or any of the other activities.

I'm leaning that way too. I hate to see anything cut, but those make the most sense. Men's track might be in a better situation if there wasn't so much damage to the outdoor track.