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How much do you think LBJ really has and why would he spend it? His prime earnings days will be coming to a close in the near future.

When I still lived in the Midwest, Grand Rapids was one of my favorite places to go. I was there recently was there again and it's even better. A big part of the start of the revitalization of downtown was Van Andel Arena. Akron doesn't need something this big, but an arena would help. The Van Andels are the family that started Amway. There isn't a business around Akron that would pony up the money for an arena. In 2025 dollars, Van Andel Arena would cost approximately $160 million.per Wikipedia. Goodyear or Firestone could pony up some but they won't. LBJ is rich, but he isn't Van Andels level rich. Gary Taylor wasn't Van Andel level rich. Akron is really stuck with the JAR. https://www.vanandelarena.com/

Pirates fans chant, "Sell the team!". It's the wrong cheer. Small market teams should be chanting, "Lock them out!". The only way for small market teams to compete is to institute a salary cap. That can only be accomplished by locking out the players and force a renegotiation of the labor contract. What does this have to do with college athletics? Easy, lock the players out and refuse to pay their nils and scholarships. Make the bet that the players will cave. This would force the players to the bargaining table and provide some order to college athletics. Lock them out!

Wow. That looked like a team well primed for a championship run.

My thought about the chaos is this. It seems to me that P4 conferences are benefiting from the chaos. They are making money hand over fist and opportunities for success in P4 have increased. Indiana vs Miami seems to pretty good evidence. The transfer portal and player payments don't seem to keep people away from attending or watching games. I don't know why the P4 schools would want to reign any of this in given money is their driving motivation. It seems to me that pushing the greed to see what the breaking point may be is the most logical course of action.

Maybe. Syracuse is an awful place most of the year. Summit county is more desirable. Syracuse needs a coach who could reach into the deep recruiting pool that is NYC and get that program going.

At what point do anti trust laws apply to P4 conferences? My guess is it's more likely to give them an anti trust exemption, see MLB, than not. What role would a collective bargaining agreement have in an anti trust agreement? I don't know these answers, but it seems as if we are approaching this point fast than I ever expected.

I don't think they are waiting per say. There is a leadership void preventing them from moving forward.

5 years is enough for someone to be AD at a mid major. Things change at mid majors faster than P4 so the skill sets of those working there have to change as well.

Yes

Kent is terrible. I can't stop laughing.

Probably not. It is an example of how stupid people running college athletics are.

The Supreme Court basically told them they needed collective bargaining. They haven't done it. They had better do it before Congress or the SCOTUS does it for them.

There are guys younger than him signing professional contracts in baseball and hockey. They almost all have lawyers/agents. Who is reading these contracts for these players? If this is true, I hope Cincy gets every cent.

I'm an awesome human who lives at the center of Sanity Island.

I think it's funny when people write things assuming those who will be reading it are as stupid as they are.

It's barely above humiliation level. I could barely keep from laughing listening to the video.

Good game by the Zips. Probably didn't start out exactly how they wanted, but road games are unpredictable.

It's not a ton of money. It's barely above a humiliation level sum of money for each school.

I started laughing while reading this quote. Who believes this crap?

It could all be true. It could also be one of those things people close to athletic departments buy because they over trust those working in those departments.

Good points. I don't think OU and Miami see themselves as "backfill", but that's what they would be. Running to a dying conference is a bad idea.

Other than one report that was later denied by both Ohio and Miami, what evidence is there that they a looking at leaving the MAC?

I don't think $600k is as much as you think it is in 2026.

Yes, but I wouldn't waste it. Immediately we don't get that much. It appears our immediate take is around $600,000 with the rest spread out over 5 years. Now what?