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Author Topic: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports  (Read 1780 times)

shoothoops

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Akron is cutting several sports effective immediately.

https://twitter.com/AkronZips/status/1260955506946068481?s=19

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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2020, 12:04:02 PM »
Akron is cutting several sports effective immediately.

https://twitter.com/AkronZips/status/1260955506946068481?s=19

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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2020, 12:05:13 PM »
The MAC has already announced a whole bunch of money saving changes.   This won't be the last.
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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2020, 02:10:50 PM »
Akron is cutting several sports effective immediately.

https://twitter.com/AkronZips/status/1260955506946068481?s=19

right after they cut 6 of their 11 colleges. I'm sure that's Larry's fault too, right?
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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2020, 03:15:39 PM »
No locker space for those sports, hey?

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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2020, 08:28:38 AM »
East Carolina dropped four sports last week, two each of men’s and women’s.

Furman dropped two men’s sports this week.
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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2020, 06:54:33 PM »


Furman dropped two men’s sports this week.

Do the Paladins still have a gunfighting team?

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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2020, 11:52:00 PM »
Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam?

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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2020, 09:53:48 PM »
Why are schools adding esports? I just don’t get it. How can that team get a varsity letters like others sports? It’s video gaming!

Is it a way around title Ix or something?

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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2020, 10:27:47 PM »
When I was at Marquette we only had four sports, cross country, basketball, tennis and drinking.

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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2020, 10:40:14 PM »
Why are schools adding esports? I just don’t get it. How can that team get a varsity letters like others sports? It’s video gaming!

Is it a way around title Ix or something?

It’s cheap and good for recruiting students.
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Re: Akron (former MU AD Larry Williams) is cutting some sports
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2020, 07:54:17 AM »
Why are schools adding esports? I just don’t get it. How can that team get a varsity letters like others sports? It’s video gaming!

Is it a way around title Ix or something?

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesayles/2019/12/03/global-esports-revenue-reaches-more-than-1-billion-as-audience-figures-exceed-433-million/