GP1

College athletics should benefit five things: the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around the schools. I fall into the fan and alumni categories. Give me a competitive game that lasts less than 3.25 hours at a time on Saturday that is convenient for me to go to the game and have a dinner at 7 PM somewhere in Akron. Also, give away tickets to the taxpayers of Ohio. They are paying for it, they should get to attend a game or two for free.

Taxpayers pay for things all the time that don't benefit them. In this case, donors supported the upgrades. Some taxpayers may like it. It's not just Zips games. It's also the high school games played there. Some enjoy a more professional experience. UC has a nice stadium and the program loses money. Nobody complains because the experience has been good recently. Here is why the experience has to be really good. If the taxpayers of Ohio ever figure out how much of their money is being spent on public university football programs that lose money, the reckoning will not be good for anyone except OSU because they make money. This country has developed a Nihilistic streak across political spectrums in the past 12 years that I thought was not possible and not healthy for our society. The experience at these stadiums must be good so the taxpayers don't direct their Nihilism towards the athletic programs or those programs will be destroyed.

They should do the best they can with what they have for the taxpayers. That score board fell short of that standard.

Those are three different elephants. Let's focus on the athletic one. I believe the athletic department should benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron. Giving the taxpayers of Ohio a good gameday experience could make them believe their hard earned money being spent on public universities is a good thing. A paved highway makes taxpayers feel good. A pothole filled highway makes taxpayers bitter. The old scoreboard was a pothole filled highway.

What is the elephant?

What were the numbers when he started? I'm too lazy to look it up myself.

The Dollar General MAC

To be fair to your being fair, the University hasn't done a historically good job of supporting the coaches.

I don't know what the roots of college athletics are. There has always been a level of sleaze in athletics. There is a level of sleaze in everything. I would like to see a separate division that provides a great experience for the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around the schools. With some thought and effort it shouldn't be that difficult or expensive. Stat with playing every game on Saturday when you can maximize the benefits to every group.

I know an executive who woke up on a Saturday and told his wife he was thinking about retiring. They agreed they had enough money. That Monday he gave his two week notice. Sometimes the easiest explanation is the answer.

This is concerning. It's double the national average for drop out rates freshman to sophomore years.

Thanks for posting this. I threw up in my mouth a little when I saw the news. If I may, I'd like to throw in some more adjectives. In addition to stupid, it's gross, disgusting, greedy, obnoxious, degrading, nauseating, and predictable.

NFL offensive coordinators make more than $1 million per year. They can't afford him.

Did she stink of patchouli oil?

It's a terrible experience. How bad is it? They are having trouble selling out their games. Look at their 2024 home schedule. It's laughable. I guess the Michigan game would be compelling if you had a small fortune to spend on a decent ticket. If not, the upper deck provides a great view of what might be a football game going on n below.

They are letting too many people attend their games.

Winning.

I'm hoping a Mexican drug cartel sponsors a field just to prove how shameless athletic directors are.

Awesome. Now fans won't have to feel the pride in seeing their team's logo at midfield. Instead, they can be inspired by a Draft Kings logo. It's all so gross.

No way. I didn't even go to those when I still lived in Akron.

Maybe once. After that it's something I'm trying to avoid in this life.

Yaaaaawn.

My ideal game is a completely empty stadium, on a Saturday afternoon, with the exception of me and Mrs. GP1, the luckiest woman in the world. However, I know that isn't good for the program so I can only dream.

It's not the conference. It's much more complicated and beyond the MAC.

It's more. They paid us a lot to get out of the game. Then we seized defeat from the jaws of victory by scheduling a sure loss on the road.