Increasing JAR Attendance/Engaging the Fans

[Zippy87]

8 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Respectfully, there has to be a better answer than this to spend tens of millions. 

 

Certainly they'd do research on other universities in similar situations before doing that. Unfortunately, I don't have that type of data. 

[GP1]

34 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

 

Certainly they'd do research on other universities in similar situations before doing that. Unfortunately, I don't have that type of data. 

There is plenty of data showing college sports attendance is in decline. 

 

I was at a Texas vs Kansas State game a couple of years ago in Austin. Texas has a beautiful area. The upper deck had curtains drawn and there couldn't have been 7,000 people. A new basketball arena will be yet another albatross around the school's neck. 

[Zippy87]

22 minutes ago, GP1 said:

There is plenty of data showing college sports attendance is in decline. 

 

I was at a Texas vs Kansas State game a couple of years ago in Austin. Texas has a beautiful area. The upper deck had curtains drawn and there couldn't have been 7,000 people. A new basketball arena will be yet another albatross around the school's neck. 

 

It's not in decline everywhere, and general data is not the type of data they'd be looking at. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVHPeQvkrEq/?igsh=MTdzY256MmFrNDZ1MA==

 

Custom Akron basketball jerseys?!

[csims0917]

We can never get ones that actually look like the jerseys we wear 

[ZipsFan31]

Anyone hear anything or get selected to the Akron fan council thing they posted a couple months ago? 

[csims0917]

1 hour ago, ZipsFan31 said:

Anyone hear anything or get selected to the Akron fan council thing they posted a couple months ago? 

Nope

[Zips1991]

1 hour ago, ZipsFan31 said:

Anyone hear anything or get selected to the Akron fan council thing they posted a couple months ago? 

I would think it may not be happening. Or they could just be waiting until after basketball is over when there's less going on in the Athletics department.

[csims0917]

58 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

I would think it may not be happening. Or they could just be waiting until after basketball is over when there's less going on in the Athletics department.

Or the academic year as a whole

[kreed5120]

It would seem to be the most probable scenario. I think it was discussed a year or so ago that the department is very understaffed and people were being asked to do the jobs of 2-3 people. I imagine once spring rolls around they have much more flexibility in their schedules.

Edited Tuesday at 06:24 PM by kreed5120

[Zippy87]

7 hours ago, csims0917 said:

We can never get ones that actually look like the jerseys we wear 

 

DHGate or work with a local shop to do a custom. That's about the only option, unfortunately. 

[csims0917]

2 hours ago, Zippy87 said:

 

DHGate or work with a local shop to do a custom. That's about the only option, unfortunately. 

I'd 100% do dhgate but I havent been able to find a template post 2021-22 era designs

[ZipsBBjunkie]

On 2/24/2026 at 12:39 PM, csims0917 said:

Or the academic year as a whole

Or when AD is done interviewing with Syracuse. 

[Zippy87]

13 hours ago, ZipsBBjunkie said:

Or when AD is done interviewing with Syracuse. 

 

Is this confirmed? 

[LZIp]

13 hours ago, ZipsBBjunkie said:

Or when AD is done interviewing with Syracuse. 

He has seemed to be a little quieter on social media lately. Can’t blame him for exploring given the connection, but it would sure be nice if we could get a qualified “Akron guy” in the position who would be here more than a few years.

[GP1]

43 minutes ago, LZIp said:

He has seemed to be a little quieter on social media lately. Can’t blame him for exploring given the connection, but it would sure be nice if we could get a qualified “Akron guy” in the position who would be here more than a few years.

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.