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The only thing that matters regarding conference record is winning your division, as I believe that guarantees a bowl bid. Anyone outside of that is theoretically at the mercy of the bowl selection committees', assuming there are more bowl eligible teams than we have contracts for.

I mean, he seems incredibly athletic considering his build. Doesn't seem like a Big Dog type to me, outside of figure. He can shoot.

Good. Now lets fill those last two schollies with some damn good players.

There are 645 tickets left. Chances of winning are pretty good!

I'd be lying if I said that thought hasn't crossed my mind. High schools are even doing "co-ops" at the sports level while keep schools separate. It would surely suck partnering with that school and changing nicknames, mascots, etc..but maybe a step in the direction of what we all want athletic wise? http://www.exploreclarion.com/2019/01/15/feature-c-l-clarion-merger/

I dont know....it certainly sucks that our better sports are the less popular ones. Soccer is not super prevalent in the NCAA and seems to be dying. Unlike football, where our coach is definitely paid in the lower tier of FBS coaches, I believe the soccer coach is upper tier. We did just give him a raise to keep him from leaving for Louisville. I would be legitimately down about the program being discontinued,but if i had to pick one of football, soccer, or basketball to go away, it would be them. I definitely had fonder memories at those matches than football, however.

Clarification. The sign said Akron exploits black athletes. Apparently the whit or brown ones weren't/aren't "exploited".

When It rains it pours. It’s no wonder nobody has any pride in this school. Constantly treading water.

From the video and what I've read, the whole '6 of 11 colleges' statement needs some context. Seems like they are looking at some consolidations (ex. CBA and law school as mentioned above) to reduce administrative overhead that probably isn't really necessary. Doesn't seem like over 50% of the majors are being cut, which is what I think somebody would take from that comment on its face.

Maybe it was just me, but I kept reading the article waiting for the answer that doesn't involve cutting sports and all they could come up with is salary cuts (not to mention it would supposedly save "millions")? Does not compute.

"Stay in FBS? Meh. FCS or D2?! Sign me up!" Such an odd take.

I've seen nearly every assistant coach post a recruiting graphic on twitter today. The optimist in me makes me think we might be 'okay' on the football side. The timing of these posts seems too coincidental.

We need to root for this issue to be as widespread as possible...if many are dealing with it, exceptions have to be made I'd think. https://www.crainscleveland.com/rachel-mccafferty-blog/kent-state-cut-fiscal-year-2021-budget-20?utm_source=afternoon-report&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200427&utm_content=article5-readmore

According to Hoke's previous comment, we are technically at 20 sports, so can afford to cut up to 6 (of course likely without much flexibility due to Title IX).

#1 priority should be increasing enrollment. We had 19k in enrollment in fall of 2019 as opposed to 26k in fall of 2014 and 30k in 2010. The U spent all that money expecting 30k+ enrollment and now we are down close to half of our peak. Its no wonder we are in the position we are now. Increasing enrollment fixes everything. Unfortunately the constant turnover and bad PR over the past ~7 years makes it a hell of a lot harder than it needs to be!

Some more numbers: https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2020/02/why-university-of-akron-outpaces-other-ohio-schools-in-subsidizing-its-sports-program.html

That is neither....that is the total amount of institutional support the University provides the athletic programs. Hoke is certainly doing some embellishing pushing the student fees narrative.

Not to mention 800m Olympic medalist Clayton Murphy.

Not to my knowledge. An estimate repair cost of $1mm, IIRC.

Obviously this is a very passionate discussion for most on here. Unsure how much of a difference, if any, it might make right now, but if anyone wants their voice heard I might recommend considering making a restricted donation to the sport(s) of your preference. https://gozips.com/sports/2017/5/25/zfund-Ways-to-Give-Sport-Specific.aspx

Looking at those figures, we've ramped up football spending, but are only slightly above conference median. Those figures also don't show any student fees going to athletics, which we know isn't correct.