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Probably either pay a bunch of lawyers hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight it and hope the NCAA gives in. Or add some low cost bs sport and underfund it.

No, I don't think they are great decisions, but if the school is pushed one way or the other, they have to make a decision. If what BB is saying about the MAC not being able to sponsor men's indoor T&F unless miraculously an affiliate decides to join, it puts UB in a tough place. Do the men and women compete in separate conferences? How would that work when it comes to the championships? Do we just say fuck it and decide not to compete in the indoor NCAA Championships for men? I feel the exact same way for the men's swimming and diving program. And I have no connection to that program. Luckily for you and I, we don't have to deal with this shitshow, we'll just see the result of it.

Ask Akron, who dropped their men's cross country team but still has track & field. Or Central Michigan who did the opposite, following Toledo (2003), Bowling Green (2002), and Ohio (2007) as schools that sponsor men's cross country, but not track & field. Or Miami, who hasn't sponsored men's indoor track since 1997, but continues to sponsor cross country and outdoor track & field.

So basically three options for UB, unless the MAC is going to entice William & Mary to travel all the way to Akron for a championship (unlikely): Horizon League/MAAC/American East for one gender, one sport (dumb) ECAC it (less dumb) Drop and replace with another men's sport (you have my attention if it's soccer or swimming & diving)

CMU discontinues men's track. Only Akron, Buffalo, EMU, and Kent State currently sponsor indoor track in the MAC now.

JUCO -> D1 players are immediately eligible. Won't have to write any emails here. Best of luck to him though.

And impressive recruits coming in.

Bowling Green discontinues baseball.

Cost they charge for room and board does not vary much across the state. The market rate for housing varies a lot though. Any current UB students reading this: move off campus ASAP.

Unless we get a statement from a former teammate, looks like it.

Look up what UB is. Even out of state, it's a hell of a deal. Except for the fees (and room/board if you do that on your own), UB's cost to attend is pretty much what it costs to attend any other SUNY. I imagine that's also what helps cripple the school too. Hard to compete academically with schools like Michigan and Penn State when they charge double the price/have twice the resources.

Akron is also not honoring the scholarships for the rest of the S-A's academic career if they stay at Akron. That's pretty scummy. I remember looking a year or so after we cut sports and I think it was around half the soccer roster still stayed.

Akron cuts men’s cross country, men’s golf and women’s tennis

Men's: Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Rifle Soccer T&F Women's: Basketball Cross Country Golf Lacrosse Rifle Soccer Softball S&D Tennis T&F Volleyball Rifle and Lacrosse (red) are not MAC sports, but the MAC (as of now) will be adding lacrosse next year. On the men's side, track & field and soccer are the least sponsored by other MAC schools. Baseball is brand new this year, but apparently is funded entirely by donations. It would be a shame for them to cut their soccer program. On the women's side, tennis and S&D are the least sponsored by other MAC schools.

Most of the MAC "West" won't be going to Cleveland with these changes.

Akron's new stadium is awesome. One of the nicer G5 stadiums I've been to. Unfortunately it is structurally falling apart, costing a ton of money, and nobody goes to the games.

No No

Akron is in big trouble because they're a third-rate school with a heavily declining enrollment. No doubt in my mind UB gets hit from this but they have a little bit better of a situation than Akron.

Fourth overall to Edmonton

https://theathletic.com/1780345/2020/04/29/lance-leipold-bob-berezowitz-coaching-mentor-wisconsin-whitewater-buffalo/ Leipold was supposed to go to WMU originally. Interesting.

Forever A Bull* *Restrictions may apply No, you put on the uniform and rep us, and we'll root for you wherever you land unless you're playing us or badmouth us.

It's hard to tell kids to stick around when your conference only gets a kicker and a offensive lineman drafted. "Hey you can get a mini camp tryout or maybe even a UDFA contract" is a hell of a lot less convincing than "You can get drafted here" To answer your question, two MAC grad transfers were drafted. https://www.hustlebelt.com/2020/4/25/21236863/ex-mac-stars-james-morgan-kj-osborn-mike-danna-hear-their-names-called-at-2020-nfl-draft-maction

KJ gets drafted in the fifth round to Minnesota.

According to the Spectrum article out recently, McEvans had several Big East offers. So she should have a freshman impact, though absolutely nothing will compare to Fair's impact last year, absolutely destroying the UB freshman scoring record and putting some decent distance on the MAC freshman scoring record. Though the Spectrum article also implies that Onwuka is returning next year so what do they know.