Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchwhere to watchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Baseball Topic:  Akron cuts baseball program Topic:  Akron cuts baseball program Author Message Mike Coleman Administrator Member Since: 12/21/2004 Location: Near the Pristine Sandy Shores of Lake Erie, OH Post Count: 1,559 Status: Offline     Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/10/2015 1:01:15 PM  http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/university-of-akron-t... Back to Top stub General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 994 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/10/2015 4:43:08 PM  First MAC school to opt out of baseball. Cost saver. Wonder if any others will follow Back to Top OhioStunter General User Member Since: 2/18/2005 Location: Chicago Post Count: 2,516 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/10/2015 5:10:14 PM  stub wrote: First MAC school to opt out of baseball. Cost saver. Wonder if any others will follow Unfortunately, it is a sign of things to come, I believe. Unless MLB kicks in $$ to help fund college baseball (can they? or would they since college baseball competes with the minors?) through donations. Or the NCAA splits up money from other non-revenue sports (won't happen). Back to Top akroncat General User Member Since: 7/23/2010 Location: Akron, OH Post Count: 190 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/10/2015 7:11:23 PM  I thought baseball was a required sport or you couldn't be in the MAC. I thought every school had to have baseball, softball, volleyball, football and men and women's basketball. Please correct me if I am wrong. Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,426 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/10/2015 7:30:51 PM  I forget, but doesn't baseball just have -12-13 schollies? Of course it's a big team overall to travel ( to south to play early) costs a bunch Last Edited: 7/11/2015 10:01:41 AM by colobobcat66 Back to Top SouthernCat General User Member Since: 1/3/2005 Post Count: 165 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/11/2015 11:05:08 AM  colobobcat66 wrote: I forget, but doesn't baseball just have -12-13 schollies? Of course it's a big team overall to travel ( to south to play early) costs a bunch 11.7 Back to Top Catdude General User Member Since: 12/27/2004 Post Count: 156 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/11/2015 11:35:51 AM  The thing that doomed Akron baseball was the years of ignoring the facility. The place is a shambles and the playing surface is a hazard as well as the dugouts, pressbox, and rotting bleachers. I'm sure the university would rather tear down the facility and build some new campus buildings in its place. The amount of construction that has taken place around the field is astonishing. I've attended a few games there over the last 5 years and there is always a good crowd watching baseball. This is indeed a sad development as baseball has been played on Akron's campus since the late 1800's. (probably the last time they made any improvements to the facility) The softball facility located next to the baseball field is really nice as is the soccer facility. It is evident by the lack of attention given the baseball facility that this was a planned cut originating years ago. Back to Top UpSan Bobcat General User Member Since: 8/30/2005 Location: Upper Sandusky, OH Post Count: 3,800 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/11/2015 1:12:44 PM  akroncat wrote: I thought baseball was a required sport or you couldn't be in the MAC. I thought every school had to have baseball, softball, volleyball, football and men and women's basketball. Please correct me if I am wrong. I'm not sure which sports are required, and my first thought was that baseball certainly would be one that was, but I've been told that it is not required. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 9,941 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/11/2015 2:37:19 PM  UpSan Bobcat wrote: akroncat wrote: I thought baseball was a required sport or you couldn't be in the MAC. I thought every school had to have baseball, softball, volleyball, football and men and women's basketball. Please correct me if I am wrong. I'm not sure which sports are required, and my first thought was that baseball certainly would be one that was, but I've been told that it is not required. Not sure either, however Buffalo had to start baseball to join the MAC, that I do know. Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,426 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/11/2015 10:06:20 PM  All I know is that more intercollegiate sports seem to be getting cut than are added. You have to wonder where it's headed in the long run. Back to Top bobcat28 General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: United States Post Count: 804 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/13/2015 7:53:15 AM  Been saying this is going to happen to college baseball for years. EMU your next. Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,426 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/14/2015 5:59:10 PM  bobcat28 wrote: Been saying this is going to happen to college baseball for years. EMU your next. You have to wonder if ice hockey or even soccer makes more sense for the northern schools like the MAC. Of course you can have both, but the other two may make more sense. Not my favorites though. Back to Top Catdude General User Member Since: 12/27/2004 Post Count: 156 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 7/15/2015 4:37:34 PM  Akron Faculty Senate called for the cut of the Zip football program today. Back to Top davepi2 General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: columbus, OH Post Count: 583 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 2/21/2016 6:18:10 PM  colobobcat66 wrote: bobcat28 wrote: Been saying this is going to happen to college baseball for years. EMU your next. You have to wonder if ice hockey or even soccer makes more sense for the northern schools like the MAC. Of course you can have both, but the other two may make more sense. Not my favorites though. Did not Wisconsin cut their baseball program a few years back? I believe the reason was the problems of playing a baseball schedule that far north and the recruiting problems that naturally come with it as well. Back to Top Andrew Ruck General User Member Since: 12/22/2004 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,957 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 2/23/2016 9:45:14 AM  If by a few years back you mean 25. They haven't had a team since 1991. Andrew Ruck B.B.A. 2003 Back to Top davepi2 General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: columbus, OH Post Count: 583 Status: Offline     RE: Akron cuts baseball program    Posted: 2/23/2016 11:54:07 PM  Andrew Ruck wrote: If by a few years back you mean 25. They haven't had a team since 1991. Thank you very much, I didn't realize it was that long ago. Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 16  of 16 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Baseball' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 231 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 230 Guests 1 Registered User:   Doc Bobcat There are no other users looking at this page.

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