There seem to be a lot of rumors flying around about football at Charlotte so I wanted to clear up a few of them. As far as the time line goes, the chancellor will present his research to the trustees on Thursday (6/04/08), and we will be discussing it in further detail. The chancellor will then make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees who will make a decision probably at the September board meeting. If the BOT recommends football we will have to ask the state to waive the tuition and fee cap so that we would be able to gradually instate the approximately $300 additional fee for football. Recently a received a letter regarding football from the new president of ASG, T. Greg Doucette. He fairly well summarized the arguments against football, which shows that he’s been paying attention to the issue and done his homework. You can read his letter and my response here:
Check back soon because I’ll be sure and write a post about how the Board of Trustees meeting goes tomorrow.
Go 49er football! Excellent letter between you and the ASG president. Good to see that we have a quality representation on the Board of Governors and the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees.
Tim, I have read both of the letters posted on your blog concerning football. Your response to Mr. Doucette’s letter for sure made him feel like a dumbass. great job. hopefully that put us one step closer to having a football team.
Well, these are interesting thoughts. I think they are true. However, everything is
relative and ambiguous to my mind.