We have complained for years about being left in the dark. The Mean Green Club was promised quarterly meetings that never took place, now there is little to no coverage of the spring practices, player movement is constant so the days of watching a last second scholarship player developing in to a Hall of Fame performer are long gone ala Johnny Quinn, there is little to no fan engagement, etc... It just keeps getting worse and without a push to really involve the fans, I foresee a bleak future. They, the AD, has to create excitement around the team/program or Apogee will just become a waste of money, the new basketball arena will never happen and future adds like baseball will just be an idea that came too late. The days of the G5's are on their way out. It will be whittled down to the top 40 or 50 programs as D1. We might as well go back to our D1AA days and play at the FCS level.
I am just about done with sports from a financial commitment position. The greed has ruined it for me. Their is zero loyalty towards the program by the players. It is all about them and how much money they can cram in their pockets and it appears our basketball coach encourages the lack of loyalty. I will watch on television, but that's about it, much like pro sports have become. I have no interest in attending a Cowboys' game live once the prices became ridiculous, same with the Mav's and Rangers' in that stupid new ballpark that was a waste of money. I had arrived at a point where I was only willing to invest in watching North Texas live, but the current situation has ruined that as well. The future of all of college sports is a disaster if some type of control isn't put in place. It is ridiculous and very sad.
Guess I will end up spending my money on golf, fine food and drink, drugs, etc. and become a more interesting person.
Opportunity to beat up on one of the worst teams in the country in Memphis (5-34, 1-17). Really can't let them steal one like UTSA did a few weeks ago. This could help solidify a top two seed (top two seeds would only need to win two games in the conference tournament to win the title) if Tulsa takes 2 of 3 from Charlotte this weekend.
SCHOOL
CONF
CPCT.
OVERALL
PCT.
HOME
AWAY
NEUTRAL
THIS WEEKEND
Florida Atlantic
13-5
.722
33-12
.733
19-6
11-6
3-0
vs. UTSA
North Texas
12-6
.667
25-19
.568
15-8
7-9
3-2
at Memphis
Charlotte
12-6
.667
26-16
.619
12-8
9-7
5-1
vs. Tulsa
Tulsa
12-6
.667
27-15
.643
13-3
9-8
5-4
at Charlotte
UAB
11-7
.611
20-22
.476
13-5
2-13
5-4
at Wichita State
Wichita State
10-8
.556
19-18
.514
5-6
9-8
5-4
vs. UAB
South Florida
9-9
.500
30-16
.652
23-11
7-5
0-0
at East Carolina
East Carolina
7-11
.389
30-15
.667
21-7
5-8
4-0
vs. South Florida
UTSA
3-15
.167
12-34
.261
3-10
2-14
7-10
at Florida Atlantic
Memphis
1-17
.056
5-34
.128
4-16
1-13
0-5
vs. North Texas
I can't blame them, the system in place allows them to profit and to move freely. We may not like it, but it's the system.
I'm hoping schools taking over the collectives, it's already happening for reasons I stated above, will usher in contracts and buy outs for players. We've opened Pandora's box so we aren't going back to amateur sports, the best we can get out of it is payment on our investments.
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