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  7. UA's Direction

    in Other Sports

    Posted · Edited by Spin

    On 3/25/2019 at 4:41 PM, morris buttermaker said:

    If they want to start fixing things, a drop to FCS should be next -- with most of the MAC

    IF most of the MAC goes along, especially the Ohio-based programs.

     

    There are only 2 in-state FCS programs at the moment, Daytona and YSU. And they're in different conferences. Dayton's conference (Pioneer) travels to Florida and California. Youngstown States (MIssouri Valley) travels to three schools in the Dakotas. The closest teams in the OVC are in Kentucky. 

     

    IF Akron awards the allowed 85 full scholarships for football, they could drop 20 schollys. But wind up with more overnight long distance travel, and the loss of potential bowl revenue. And with the opponents being further away, we would see a drop in visiting team ticket sales. 

     

    It's a tough call.

     

     

  8. Alliance of American Football (AAF)

    in Akron Zips Football

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    I don't think so. The USFL, WLAF/NFL-E, Arena Football, all have tried it. Next up XFL2. 

     

    Football s just so expensive. The teams have to pay 40-50 players, equip them, fly them to games, put them in hotels, charter buses, training equipment, they have to pull a serious gate from the start to stay afloat. There's an alphabet soup of failed minor and major league football leagues that didn't have to sell spring-time football. 

  9. Alliance of American Football (AAF)

    in Akron Zips Football

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    OK who here is surprised?

     

    There are rumors that they're going to rename the league the American Polytechnic League.

     

    So the league (sorry, "association") runs out of money. IN WEEK TWO. This Dumdum guy offers to invest $250,000,000 in the league over a period of time, if he had a say in the league operations. The league gave him a "say", they made him majority owner of the whole league. Now, he threatens (promises?) to shut it down if the players union doesn't sign a contract with the AAF. 

     

    In the next two days.

     

    You can't make this crap up.

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