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We have Plutocrats. We don't have Oligarchs. Oligarchs arise after Socialism/Communism and privately control what used to be state run businesses. Shame on Bernie Sanders for so often misusing the word.

I'm old enough to remember the Soviet Union and the failures of Communism. 130 million people died in the name of Communism in the 20th Century. I addition, I have been to Cuba and have seen the destruction Communism has brought to that beautiful island. Socialism is great for the Socialists, but creates misery for everyone else. Is the perfect Social Man the Communists tell us will run the world going to create this healthier society? In reality, it gives us monsters like Stalin, Lenin and Mao.

That's too complicated and results for one season shouldn't impact the next with the exception of more difficult schedules the following season based upon how good you were the previous. What if they just had eight divisions and every team in a division had to play each other in a 10 game season. Ten games is enough for the Ivy League and less games will help keep costs down. 7 divisional games and 3 non-division games. Establish some tie breakers. The top two teams per division make a playoff of 16 teams. Champion determined and they move on to the next season. 60 scholarships is enough. If the NFL can have games with 48 dressed, college can survive with 60. Players don't get paid. They can get a job if they need money. Players get to transfer once for coach leaving or after they graduate. Only five years total. No injury red shirt years. Contract says if they transfer before graduating, they have to pay back scholarship. If team cuts player, school must fund scholarship until player completes what would be eligibility years or player is free to transfer once.

Actually, it's every day and they never really tried. UofA is a taxpayer supported institution. If it isn't doing those things every day and in every way possible, it needs to start. No better time than the present.

Gerry Faust was a high school legend but that's not my point with this post. Coaches who do well at private high schools where they have a recruiting advantage as a contributing factor to their success build a lot of resentment from coaches in surrounding high schools. Those coaches are critical to recruiting success. If Timmy ever got the job at Akron, there would be so many coaches with a hard on for thim they would happily undermine his recruiting. He would be DOA. Jealousy and pettiness are alive and well within the personalities of high school coaches.

All of this is true. There are a total of zero. I just don't think that the success of G5 programs should be based upon how we complete against more resourced programs. There is a path forward that involves making athletics benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around the schools. In the case of football it includes, but is not limited to, playing games at times and days of the week that are convenient for people to attend. My understanding is Kent had a respectable crowd yesterday. It's amazing what you can do if you play on a beautiful afternoon day on Saturday. I'd love to know what the rationale was for us playing on a Thursday night so tens of people could watch it on ESPN+. The onslaught of stupidity around the Akron football program is amazing.

I do. That's the point. I'm not certain that if your name is big enough and you have an understanding of how successful football organizations works, prior coaching experience is needed.

Why hire some local slapper when Jim Grobe is available? Seriously, you analysis is good. Your solution is a disaster waiting to happen. There are former players chomping at the bit to become head coaches and are willing to go just about anywhere to become one. Sanders went to Jackson State. DeSean Jackson is the coach of Delaware State. Mike Vick is at Norfolk State. Eddie George went to Tennessee State and is now at BG. He is only one of two Titans to have his number retire. He's an incredibly handsome man. My brother is a high school football coach in central Ohio and says the buzz among recruits and coaches around George is huge. He might be the best hire in the MAC since Urban Meyer.or maybe Solich at OU. When you think if it in these terms, it shows how ridiculous the idea of a high school football coach taking over is. If anyone thinks Akron could never get a guys line this because they are so bad, you have to understand Jackson State, Delaware State and Tennessee State are worse places. It's not impossible. Akron just makes winning impossible. I'm going to say something and I desperately don't want it to become political. Approximately 15% of Americans are black. Approximately 52% of high level college football players are black. I asked before we hired Joe why we haven't hired a black head coach. Sanders turned around Colorado in five minutes. George is well on his way at BG. We'll be hiring a new coach in the near future. The solution will be to hire a coach who has a deep understanding of football and football organization up to the NFL level and is relatable to recruits and his players. He needs to be someone who just isn't smart, but can breathe some life into the program.

If we don't play football, there is no athletic department and we are less than Wright State. Happy?

There is a 30 for 30 about the Patriots. Bledsoe had been beaten up pretty bad in his career before his injury. He became a very nervous QB after he came back and that was one factor in his benching. He just wasn't aggressive anymore. At some point, when a QB gets beat up, they sort of cross a line and never go back to being an aggressive player again. I didn't see the game, but the QB has been beaten up and maybe he isn't the same aggressive player he was before.

You have identified a key problem. What if instead of a marketing problem, it was a public service problem? The public has historically stomached funding public services that don't make money because the benefits outweigh the costs. For example, the only public transportation system that makes money in the USA is the NYC subway system, at least it used to. The rest are basically welfare programs for people who can't afford transportation but need to get places such as work. So again, what if at a modest cost, the football program benefited the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron? What if it's as simple as playing football games on days of the week and times that allow people to attend a fun day at the University their tax dollars support?

I've been saying this for years also. You should go back and read all of my posts and get back to me in a couple of years.

I've been saying this for years. There's a path forward. I just don't think anyone at the G4 schools is interested in looking into it.

That's a great question. I don't know what their financials are. Maybe someone at the MAC could look at it. Our basketball program is a great MAC program. Does everyone realize moving to the MVC would greatly increase the competition?

I'm not defending the BS. I'd like to eliminate the BS and make MAC athletic departments benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around their schools.