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The NC State vs Virginia game is really good. Two ACC school playing a non conference game. I love the idea. Are the athletes students alumni fans and general community getting more out of this game or NCSU vs Joe Blow G5 school?

You are almost 💯 correct. They could play on those Saturdays, but they would forego their anti-trust exemption. I guess the question then becomes, would that matter? The NFL is the #1 TV show in the USA. Drunks and degenerate gamblers can't get enough.

To make more money. Why wouldn't they do it if they could ? What would change?

Did anyone else see the OSU Athletic Director on CNBC this morning talking about the business of college athletics? The sleaze dripping off the guy was noticable to the point I think the interviewers picked up on it. He did some bragging about the TV ratings for the Texas game. 16.6 million people watched the game. I wonder if the NFL owners noticed and are licking their chops for those viewers. NFL games draw between 17 and roughly 30 million per game. If I was the NFL, I would start with driving college football out of the Saturday prime time games and then work my way earlier into the day. I'd bankrupt college football with a better product that people have more of an appetite for.

I've written a lot about this. Based upon my experience as a Wake Forest season ticket holder, making an experience that benefits the athletes students alumni fans and general community isn't difficult. I've seen some really bad football at Wake. What I also see is a good tailgate area that is clean and toilets are clean. Akron has a better stadium, but does nothing with it. Wake has multiple team shops open with good merchandise you would expect for an ACC school. The beer is good enough. The stadium and bathrooms are clean. They have many food trucks with a wide variety of food. They sell tickets as family passes for their grass hillside under the big scoreboard and children have a nice time with their friends and family. When I go to a Wake game, I know they are doing everything possible to create a nice environment for me to watch a game. They can't guarantee a win, but they put their best foot forward. My only beef about Wake is they are starting too many games in the evening and on weeknights. It's making going to the game unappealing, but they can't control that. There is nothing Wake does that I describe in my second paragraph that Akron couldn't do. Akron does do some of those things, but not all of them. They need to do all of them, all the time and then some. It isn't hard.

Ya, I'll pass on this idea. We need a lot of people doing a lot of research from different perspectives. We need competition to make people better.

That would be nice. See how easy it is. There are ten other easy things they could do.

Give people more than just football.

1,000 years from now archiologists are going to find all of these bobbleheads in landfills and think we worshipped more Gods than the Greeks.

MBB is MAC elite in 2025. Those who want Akron to leave for another conference need to realize it isn't elite in many mid major conferences.

Nobody here cares about the viewership. Espn+ provides a lot of flexibility for start times because when you stream you cann start whenever you want. Why couldn't they have started the game on Saturday at 5PM? Why is it so hard to watch a Zips game on a Saturday when the sun is up for at least half the game? It shouldn't be this difficult to be a Zips fan.

I could see that happening. I could see the MAC agreeing to play exclusively Tuesday night games.

Now, that's an interesting idea.

If you have noticed this commercial this weekend, the article explains it. https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/billionaire-booster-ads-calling-congress-national-college-sports-tv-package.html I could see how it could result in more money. I also see how the morons who run G5 could make things worse for us. When it becomes about money, the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around the schools get poorly served. I'm also not keen on giving the NCAA more power.

What if they found a way to do just that with the athletic department?

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.