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RE: Monday Musings for August
(08-31-2021 09:59 PM)Huron Boy Wrote:  
(08-30-2021 06:17 AM)dansplaining Wrote:  
(08-29-2021 05:56 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  
(08-29-2021 12:09 PM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  
(08-29-2021 11:28 AM)fanfrompowellspub Wrote:  Lacrosse will be a failure. Kids that do come will get degrees and leave. Travelling far distances to games will be expensive. Need more colloboration with other midwest schools to either start softball later or not travel as much early in year.
Youth softball in MI is booming. There are a ton of girls playing and indoor facilities popping up everywhere.

I don't know any girls that play lacrosse but I know dozens that play SB, including one at another MAC school. SB and BB are a deep part of the Michigan culture.

Nickle you and the Fan are preaching to the choir, Lacrosse is a "hoity-toity" sport dominated by East Coast schools of which many are private. Hell, such national athletic powers like Stony Brook and Drexel were in the NCAA Top Ten last year. It, in no way, will be a legitimate replacement for softball of which bye the way, we have an established and attractive facility. I suspect we will be forced to retrofit Rynearson for such play unless we could convince Big Money U-M to allow us to use their dedicated and spectacular Lacrosse facility on State St.

All that stated, the MAC has an existing six team Lacrosse league with CMU, Akron and Kent St being members along with UDM and Youngstown State. The undefeated champion last year, however, was of course a private east coast school, Robert Morris.

Title IX was a well intended law, but in this case it has unintended consequences. EMU Lacrosse simply is a "callisthenic" to comply with Title IX and NCAA requirements. It is simply all about the MONEY! And that makes me sad.

I need to know who on this board attended an EMU soft ball game or watched one on TV in the last 20 years.

NOTE: if a relative or family friend was on the team it doesnt count.

I have - but as I said in a previous post, EMU softball was always mired at the bottom of the MAC and had a hard time generating wins and program momentum. It was a disappointing choice to cut, but somewhat logical in terms of clout and lack of success.
Gentile was not a good recruiter (and maybe not a good coach).
09-01-2021 12:51 AM
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RE: Monday Musings for August
O/T. Bishop Sycamore, IMG and the high school football game that duped ESPN
By Ben Strauss

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20...-espn-img/
09-01-2021 02:52 AM
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RE: Monday Musings for August
(09-01-2021 02:52 AM)emu steve Wrote:  O/T. Bishop Sycamore, IMG and the high school football game that duped ESPN
By Ben Strauss

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20...-espn-img/

Awful Announcing has been all over this thing:

We learned more about how Bishop Sycamore ended up playing on ESPN, and it’s only getting shadier

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/we-lear...adier.html

Former Bishop Sycamore player revealed more about the program and confirmed a lot of stories

https://awfulannouncing.com/high-school/...ories.html

What it was like being a parent of a Bishop Sycamore player

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/what-it...layer.html

How Bishop Sycamore/IMG game organizer Prep Gridiron Logistics & companies like it make money and what happens when it doesn’t work out

https://awfulannouncing.com/high-school/...ademy.html

Bishop Sycamore accused of stiffing Canton hotel, writing invalid checks

https://awfulannouncing.com/high-school/...hecks.html

Bishop Sycamore taken off FloSports schedule, but questions remain on relationship with Prep Gridiron Logistics

https://awfulannouncing.com/streaming/bi...stics.html

Bishop Sycamore director Andre Peterson parts ways with coach Roy Johnson, claims school is not a “scam”

https://awfulannouncing.com/high-school/...-scam.html
09-05-2021 01:58 PM
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