If UNC-Charlotte Starts a Football Team . . .

Dude, if we started a football team tomorrow we wouldn't be much worse that Carolina and would probably beat Duke. You have no idea the amount of work that is going into this. Be quiet about that which you do not know.

 

no, you would not beat duke. there are no football players at UNCC.

 

"Dude, Be Quiet About What You Don't Know"

The idiots hate it when you rain on their parade.

Unless UNCC has alumni or friends capable of donating $10 million a year over the next ten years, the school has no chance of getting a Division I-A college football program.

VA49er, since you know so much, please enlighten me: how much damn money has UNCC raised? I've heard somewhere around $550,000 so far. Not even enough to pay for a head coach and full staff's salaries for ONE YEAR.

You really don't understand what you are up against, 49ers. Just about every college football program in this state has a 100-year head start on you. It would take an overwhelming amount of fundraising and wise athletic administration to catch up to the likes of Davidson, Elon, Gardner-Webb, and North Carolina A&T. You are light-years away from reaching the level of the Big Four, despite what you might believe.

 

$ 550,000.25

i have pledged a quarter..

but i hope they get a team. i dont care where they play...
there is enough alumni and local money to make this happen...

 

Hardest part is getting the infra-structure started. Once it gets going it is hard to stop the boulder from rolling downhill.

The initial hurdle is the toughest thing to over come. I know I bust on you guys in fun. There is SO much that needs to be done before you guys even take the first snap that it is almost impossible. Most of the D1 schools were D1 just after WW2-1960. Good luck.

To be honest , App State has a better chance.

 

Your obviously on crack . We have several people connected to this school that could write a check right now and get this program started. I don't think fundraising will be a problem once the program gets the go-ahead.

And you forgot to point out the obvious, Charlotte will be at 30,000+ students in next 10 years so student fees can raise a ton of money. You are just scared of the juggernaunt that Charlotte is poised to become. It is like a train, once the train starts rolling, money won't be a problem.

I also laugh how we are light years away from reaching the Big 4? If you are talking about football, then there's only three teams in North Carolina that are worth a damn. That's ECU, Wake, and App. Chapell Hill, NC St., and Duke will be the bottom feeders of the ACC this year.

 

I could go on campus right now and grab up a team that would beat Lenior-Rhyne's. Matter of fact, the starting QB of my HS team (wasn't too bad either)(who's a coach @ Wingate now) graduated from Charlotte.

 

I dont think its smart to think Charlotte will be D-1 at the start..

and just starting out .. they wouldnt compete the first 2 years with even Duke...

maybe Charlotte can become a rival with Belmont Abby when they get their football program started

 

no, you couldn't. not that i even care.

 

thats about $3,400 from every single student. (if you get to 30,000)