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Post by pj on Dec 7, 2008 21:06:19 GMT -5
Fam, We are in a good groove. This is a Akron team that is playing decent ball. We need to win games like this to help the league. I wonder if any Aggies are in the area? I take that back...we are everywhere! ========== For a team like this...we need to take it to them out-right! We play better when we are not forcing it. Rhodes Arena, seats 5,500 for basketball. Akron may take us lightly...can we force this "zipper" off -track? ============= I think that they have a internet broadcast. (media guide) www.gozips.com//pdf5/152276.pdf?SPSID=65852&SPID=4338&DB_OEM_ID=10800Team site www.gozips.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10800&SPID=4338&SPSID=47192======= Has the Dawgs retained their fight? Or are we too full of turkey and home-cooking now?
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Post by DECKS on Dec 7, 2008 21:49:21 GMT -5
Why are we playing at their place again this year? Are they paying us? I notice they are coming to G'boro to play UNC-G.
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Post by Aggie77 on Dec 7, 2008 22:30:33 GMT -5
It looks like we should match up well against this team. They aren't that big and the backcourt is rather small and young, with a freshman starting at the point. Most of their scoring comes from the post players (wing), but all shoot 3's with the big dude second in attempts, no shot blocker, but they force about 20 TOs a game. Defense can win this game.
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Post by aggiejazz on Dec 7, 2008 23:48:42 GMT -5
Why are we playing at their place again this year? Are they paying us? I notice they are coming to G'boro to play UNC-G. Decks, A&T is a HBCU, publicly funded at that, which means our mens's BB team must go out and make money first. Thanks to Eaves, A&T is one of the highest paid mid-major teams that is not a top 100 team. A&T receives higher guaranteed payout for a game than any of the MEAC and SWAC teams. (Hampton normally get home-and-home contracts so their payouts will be less.) You would be surprise how much money some of these schools like Akron pay A&T to come play them. No longer does A&T play for $25,000 like they used to get for playing a VCU or $40,000 to get your brains beat in by Duke. WSSU and NCCU still do. You can find out most of the HBCU payouts through media reports. You can find a lot of the articles on MEAFans. A&T normally don't release its payouts to the local media but you can find out through the host's local media and from the AD's reports.
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Post by DECKS on Dec 8, 2008 1:51:32 GMT -5
Nothing wrong with getting paid but I doubt if Akron pays anywhere close to $40k considering their arena only seats around 5,000. Back in the 80's we did a home and home with them.
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Post by aggiebornandbread on Dec 8, 2008 2:09:17 GMT -5
55K
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Post by aahhbigboy on Dec 8, 2008 6:09:43 GMT -5
Why are we playing at their place again this year? Are they paying us? I notice they are coming to G'boro to play UNC-G. Decks, A&T is a HBCU, publicly funded at that, which means our mens's BB team must go out and make money first. Thanks to Eaves, A&T is one of the highest paid mid-major teams that is not a top 100 team. A&T receives higher guaranteed payout for a game than any of the MEAC and SWAC teams. (Hampton normally get home-and-home contracts so their payouts will be less.) You would be surprise how much money some of these schools like Akron pay A&T to come play them. No longer does A&T play for $25,000 like they used to get for playing a VCU or $40,000 to get your brains beat in by Duke. WSSU and NCCU still do. You can find out most of the HBCU payouts through media reports. You can find a lot of the articles on MEAFans. A&T normally don't release its payouts to the local media but you can find out through the host's local media and from the AD's reports. Eaves negotiates that?
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Post by pj on Dec 8, 2008 9:09:44 GMT -5
Aggie77, I like that. Defensively, we are not too bad at home. We need to do it on the road all the time. Norfork had one or two 10 sec. violations & the announcer, crowd & bench applauded. I would like to see that culture developed more. Near the end of the game...6mins left, NSU had no legs ( missing open shots) & things were easy for us on our breaks with our 2nd unit.
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Post by aggiejazz on Dec 8, 2008 9:25:09 GMT -5
Decks, A&T is a HBCU, publicly funded at that, which means our mens's BB team must go out and make money first. Thanks to Eaves, A&T is one of the highest paid mid-major teams that is not a top 100 team. A&T receives higher guaranteed payout for a game than any of the MEAC and SWAC teams. (Hampton normally get home-and-home contracts so their payouts will be less.) You would be surprise how much money some of these schools like Akron pay A&T to come play them. No longer does A&T play for $25,000 like they used to get for playing a VCU or $40,000 to get your brains beat in by Duke. WSSU and NCCU still do. You can find out most of the HBCU payouts through media reports. You can find a lot of the articles on MEAFans. A&T normally don't release its payouts to the local media but you can find out through the host's local media and from the AD's reports. Eaves negotiates that? Yes, Eaves does. He makes his own schedule with guidance from the AD. Bibbs does the same. All coaches make their schedule with the exception of the football coach. The AD schedules football.
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Post by aahhbigboy on Dec 8, 2008 10:16:25 GMT -5
Yes, Eaves does. He makes his own schedule with guidance from the AD. Bibbs does the same. All coaches make their schedule with the exception of the football coach. The AD schedules football. Yeah, I know that. I meant, does Eaves' negotiate how much the school gets paid? Or is it that the AD?
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Post by aggiejazz on Dec 8, 2008 10:44:02 GMT -5
Yes, Eaves does. He makes his own schedule with guidance from the AD. Bibbs does the same. All coaches make their schedule with the exception of the football coach. The AD schedules football. Yeah, I know that. I meant, does Eaves' negotiate how much the school gets paid? Or is it that the AD? Yes, Eaves negotiates the whole deal, terms and payout. If he doesn't like the payout he doesn't play them. HBCUs have been shortchanging themselves for years. What helps Eaves' case is less and less mid-majors teams are jumping on the guaranteed payout for a lot of their out-of-conference games. Plus I was listening to Coach Williams of Maryland talked about how difficult it is to get major schools to come to the annual BB&T Tournament in DC because they are less willing to play away from home and would rather pay opponents to come to them. The Great Alsaka Shootout ran into this same problem. I hope to see our football team get some very good payouts in a few years with some good negotiation and with the right teams. I would like to see deals a lot better than SC State's deal. I think SC State football program is being shortchanged on their deals. There are some good deals being offered by less powerful D-I schools.
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Post by aahhbigboy on Dec 8, 2008 11:02:23 GMT -5
Yeah, I know that. I meant, does Eaves' negotiate how much the school gets paid? Or is it that the AD? Yes, Eaves negotiates the whole deal, terms and payout. If he doesn't like the payout he doesn't play them. HBCUs have been shortchanging themselves for years. What helps Eaves' case is less and less mid-majors teams are jumping on the guaranteed payout for a lot of their out-of-conference games. Plus I was listening to Coach Williams of Maryland talked about how difficult it is to get major schools to come to the annual BB&T Tournament in DC because they are less willing to play away from home and would rather pay opponents to come to them. The Great Alsaka Shootout ran into this same problem. I hope to see our football team get some very good payouts in a few years with some good negotiation and with the right teams. I would like to see deals a lot better than SC State's deal. I think SC State football program is being shortchanged on their deals. There are some good deals being offered by less powerful D-I schools. If what you say is true, and I'll have to verify that Eaves is, in fact, the negotiator, I'm off of Eaves if he is getting 55K from a team like Akron. He's paying for himself if that's the case. That must be why he is still here. If I were the AD and he was able to get top dollar for not-so-bad @ss whippins, I'd keep him too. I'm being dead serious. I had no idea he negotiated the money games. Now, he needs to stop bring garbage like Talledega and the Merchant Marines in here, but that's another story. It's clear to me now. Eaves knows how to make money (if what you say is true). I'm in sales, so I can respect that.
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Dec 8, 2008 12:39:52 GMT -5
Check out the 5500 seat arena on their website. Look familiar??? But also read a little about the history of their renovations and additions.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Dec 8, 2008 13:33:44 GMT -5
has anyone other than me ever noticed that george washington university in washington, dc has the exact same building design for their basketball arena as ours? the only difference is they've made more modern renovations to their arena than we have. otherwise, its the exact same building, columns and all...
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Post by aggiepride73 on Dec 8, 2008 13:35:56 GMT -5
has anyone other than me ever noticed that george washington university in washington, dc has the exact same building design for their basketball arena as ours? the only difference is they've made more modern renovations to their arena than we have. otherwise, its the exact same building, columns and all... AKRON & GW! WHO ELSE HAS ABOUT THE SAME BLUEPRINT OF THE CORBETT CENTER? LOL
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