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Post by maplehurst on Nov 23, 2009 20:11:38 GMT -5
Northeastern University dropped football today after 74 seasons. The team had averaged only 1,600 fans a game this year. This is indeed too bad. The kids played in a program the way it was originally intended, for the sport of it. UMass, on the other hand, has been talking about getting a state grant to go Div IA. UMass may want to rethink their wishes.
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Post by capamerica on Nov 23, 2009 22:58:01 GMT -5
This is great news! Now Bonas can bring in all the displaced players from Northeasterm, restart our football program and SAVE THE SCHOOL with the huge influx of students that football will bring!
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Post by koab on Nov 24, 2009 10:23:31 GMT -5
First this was a athletic scholarship program, what is most often discussed here is a program with no athletic scholarships.
I can't remember too many winning seasons and the field (similar to a standard HS field) is located off campus. Difficult situation making it hard for student support or recruiting. The students do get and support the hockey team.
My son has a friend who was recruited to play baseball there. NU was one of his final two. What decided he not go there was he did not want to take a bus to the field every day.
UMass dreams of being the next UConn.
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Post by clubber on Nov 24, 2009 10:23:55 GMT -5
You failed to mention the six schools that will start play in 2010. Georgia St, Lamar, Lindsey Wilson, Notre Dame College, Pacific (Or), South Alabama.
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Post by thebonafan08 on Nov 24, 2009 19:51:21 GMT -5
Football for a school of 2000 undergrad that already has lowest funded team in every sport of the A-10.....I can not believe this thought is still even brought up.
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Post by jpschmack on Nov 25, 2009 0:43:44 GMT -5
It would be foolhardy to consider football. The schools that have it basically are "stuck" with it.
Evansville dropped it a while ago and their donations to athletics, donations to the university, and applicants by males all dropped massively. It did way more harm than good. They saved about $1 million in operating losses, but lost much more in alum support.
I know of at least one school which has tried to use that example to get the university to subsidize the football program instead of athletics.
You mention the 1600 in attendance, but look at LaSalle, Duquesne or Dayton's attendance for football. They lose money on their football programs easily.
Of the 120 FBS football programs, only 20 are private (or service academies). Those schools are a combined like 30 games below .500 against public schools, and about 40 below against BCS public schools.
Football is a bad idea unless you've got an invite from a major conference.
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Post by koab on Nov 25, 2009 8:38:23 GMT -5
Had a chance to read the Boston Globe last night and it was less about the annual operating costs and more about how far behind their facilities are vs. other schools in the conference.
AD would not recommend investing in new facilities because they have not seen a return on previous investments in football.
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Post by maplehurst on Nov 25, 2009 11:42:25 GMT -5
St. Francis (PA) plays football. I often wonder how the Frankies manage to pull it off.
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Post by jpschmack on Nov 27, 2009 0:56:59 GMT -5
The Red Flash are non-scholarship.
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