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  2. Increasing JAR Attendance/Engaging the Fans

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    Posted · Edited by akzipper

    55 minutes ago, ewbrooman1 said:

    I've gotten by for years with mostly $15-18 caps and $20-25 long sleeve t-shirts from Walmart or the old Campus Book Supply store on Exchange that are still holding up. Walmart has almost nothing anymore and the book store on Exchange is no longer the same business. I'm curious about what ended up at the Salvation Army.

     

    I agree the idea is to get the merchandise out there in as many places you can at different price points. We need exposure.

     

    I live out of state and have to buy everything online. It's sad that the only places that I can ever find decent Akron Zips gear online is Homage, 47 brand and ebay if I want anything name brand. Surprisingly I've gotten several nice quarter zips on there for around $30 each and a game worn football jersey for $50. I'm assuming a lot of the nice stuff on there is team issued apparel that never got used. 

     

    Fanatics is a joke and the campus bookstore site is run by Fanatics so it's all the same stuff. The online monopoly they have created really doesn't help. 

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  3. Increasing JAR Attendance/Engaging the Fans

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    8 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

    I know a lot of this is the rehashing of old discussions, but frankly I forget.

     

    What are the chances of Akron basketball alone leaving the MAC at some point? I know Northern Michigan is a D2 school for every sport except for their D1 hockey program. So it can be done. If we are going to be honest that the product and culture needs to keep improving to land more butts in the seats, then I would argue that the so-called MAC officiating I witnessed the other night is part of the problem. I have been around long enough to know this is not a few bad refs, it's what the MAC ultimately wants. Game management. And the end result is nearly unwatchable and the top teams in any given year are less likely to achieve an at-large bid. I don't understand the logic.

     

    Pulling a UConn would be a dream. Join the Big East in every sport except football and just figure out somewhere for them to play. Getting out of the MAC would definitely draw in more interest. But that's never going to happen. 

     

    Nobody cares about the MAC and it shows. Personally when I was at UA and knew the Zips would be playing someone like Balls, BG or a directional Michigan school I knew nobody was going to be at the game and none of my friends would be interested in going. We only went if there was literally nothing else going on that night. The ONLY time people actually cared is if we were playing Kent or Ohio.

     

    The only reason any people tune into the weekday "MACtion" football games is because there's literally no other football being played on Tuesdays/Wednesdays. Yet the stands are always empty regardless, for every school. I've never once watched a MAC football or basketball game on TV unless the Zips are playing. 

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  4. Increasing JAR Attendance/Engaging the Fans

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    14 hours ago, GP1 said:

    Years ago, I would argue about the price of tickets assuming it was a supply and demand issue.  I was wrong. Akron doesn't have a ticket price problem. People aren't going to the games because of $7.00, $10.00 or $15.00 GA tickets. 

     

    They need to sell hundreds of tickets, probably thousands. Thousands people aren't staying home because of the price of tickets. 

     

    Bigger problems revolve around but are not limited to weather, start times and past game day experiences.

     

    This is just it. Students can get in for free and how many do? If someone cares enough about going to a game, they'll go regardless of a few bucks. Same goes with start times and weather. If you really care, you'll find a way to make it happen. 

     

    People in NE Ohio only care about Cleveland sports and the Buckeyes. To them, Akron sports are on the same level as high schools. They don't appreciate what it's like to have a successful D-1 program right in town. 

     

    The JAR is a dumb and a major problem. But that problem is never going away unless people start showing that they care. 

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  5. Game 15- Ball State

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    2 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

     

    The little bit I could listen, the announcers were wearing their emotions on their sleeves. The absolute dejection when we went on our 3-straight-3s run to take the lead while Freeman was grabbing every board in sight - priceless. It got worse after Freeman got his 4th foul, and they went underneath at Enrique but the refs didn't call anything. The announcers were beside themselves. Homerism is an art form. You have to toe the line of being a fan and calling a game that doesn't make the opponent's fans listening want to Van Gogh their ears. The Balls announcers made me want to do the latter. Really poor basketball IQ showing from the Muncie crowd. 

     

    Down the stretch every shot inside the paint they'd say "Jihad misses and no foul." Like they couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that a guy can shoot the ball and actually miss, or get blocked without being fouled. 

     

    At one point during the game they also mentioned how Ball State and Akron had been two of the top teams in the MAC for a long time. That seemed odd to me so I looked it up. Since 2000 they've had like 6 winning seasons.  

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  6. Game 15- Ball State

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    Posted · Edited by akzipper

    35 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said:


    That was a terrifying moment. It’s dumb and they need to be more careful. The first warning on Nate was a stupid call for hitting the ball out after a made bucket, but that was par for the course for the evening. 

     

    Did Nate even hit the ball on purpose? It looked like he dunked and the momentum just sort of knocked the ball into the crowd.

     

    That foul on Tribble when he got tackled from behind was one of the worst calls I've ever seen. The fact that the announcers didn't even question half the calls against the Zips and Balls fans are whining blows my mind. 

  11. Game 14- Bowling Green

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    13 hours ago, csims0917 said:

    Groce didn’t sound very happy with the crowd in the radio interview. He was grateful for all that was there but he believes this team deserves way better and challenged the zips to all show up next week for Buffalo 

    Sorry this posted a few times

  12. Game 14- Bowling Green

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    8 hours ago, csims0917 said:

    Groce didn’t sound very happy with the crowd in the radio interview. He was grateful for all that was there but he believes this team deserves way better and challenged the zips to all show up next week for Buffalo 

     

    We're witnessing arguably the greatest Zips basketball player of all time and a program that has consistently been at the top of the MAC for like 20 years. People don't seem to give a damn and it makes no sense. 

     

    Yes the JAR sucks and yes a 9 pm game is brutal. But this team deserves so much better. 

  13. Game 14- Bowling Green

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    8 hours ago, csims0917 said:

    Groce didn’t sound very happy with the crowd in the radio interview. He was grateful for all that was there but he believes this team deserves way better and challenged the zips to all show up next week for Buffalo 

     

    We're witnessing arguably the greatest Zips basketball player of all time and a program that has consistently been at the top of the MAC for like 20 years. People don't seem to give a damn and it makes no sense. 

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  14. Game 14- Bowling Green

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    2 minutes ago, 1981 grad said:

    I do not like the trash talking to the opposing bench.  It should be a T.  I would not expect that from Tribble.  He is way too classy a player.

     

    I'd bet the BG players were talking trash when they were shooting 1000%. Tribble probably had enough and was ready to throw it back. 

     

    I'm not sure him fouling out is going to hurt the Zips as much as these TV commentators are expecting it to. 

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