UNCC Faces Football Delays
May 31, 2009 by Allison Boyer
Filed under Football
UNC Charlotte’s plans to launch a football program is facing problem after problem. Although the school recognizes the potential of such a sports program, the board of trustees might push back the plan.
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The orginal plan was to launch the programs to be playable n 2013. Right now, however, the pre-sale of ticket for that year is lower than expected, and the board of trustees is considering changing the launch to 2014 or even further into the future.
The first plan for the new program was approved in November, but in February, it already faced budgeting cuts from $45 millon to just $20 million. With the new plan, the school would add more seating to an existing stadium, rather than buildin a new stadium. With this second plan, though, the school needs to sell 5,000 seats and raise another $3.6 in donations.
Right now, they stand at just 1,693 seat licenses sold, and fundraising hasn’t yet started. The trustees have said that they still want to go ahead with the plan, but perhaps 2013 is too soon, given the current economy.
There are some ideas the athletic program has to make the original 2013 goal. For example, they’ll be recruiting a team of 175 supporters who wil all be responsible for selling a small number of licenses, and they’re offering payment plans to buy these seats.
Still, come this fall, we might here that UNCC isn’t getting a football program after all…at least not yet.
