As of Monday, the Charlotte 49ers have raised nearly $4 million toward a $5 million goal to start up a football program in time for the 2013 season. The school's board of trustees is scheduled to hear an update on the football program during its meeting on Friday.
Charlotte has sold 3,203 football seat licenses. With the cost of FSLs ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 each, that equates to about $3.96 million. Charlotte's official FSL marketing campaign ended in September.
The original recommendation by chancellor Philip Dubois to the school's board of trustees called for the sale of 5,000 FSLs at $1,000 apiece to raise $5 million in startup funds.
Although the campaign is over, school officials have continued to operate on the same timetable pending a decision by the board of trustees to the contrary and FSLs can still can be purchased (22 were sold in the last month).
Monday, December 7, 2009
49ers short of chancellor's football goal
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The FSL concept is terrible.
but its all we have so we need to run with it- its ridiculous to be a university of this size without a football team
we need and will have football...but the fsl's are a joke.
regardless...louisville got destroyed by NINER NATION in their house!
If this isn't a reason to cancel football I don't know what is. I hope Dubois has a backbone to say no to these oro-football morons!
The FSLs in this economy are a bad idea, but it is all we have. I think 80% of the goal in money is more important than 64% of the goal in FSL sales.
This is a great start.
It's so funny to see the anti-football folks lingering around still. The arguements are getting weaker and weaker. Get on board or get run over by the train.
FSLs are a necessary evil. We have to get the cash and this is one way to do it and they way the admin decided to go. Think of it this way - we have 80% of the funds needed in a horrible economy. A good basketball season and a commitment from the school for the 2013 kickoff is very important in sealing the FSL deals. This school needs football and will get football.
Football is a DONE DEAL----get over it haters! The only thing NOT set in stone is the start date, but the odds are atleast 3:1 it will still be 2013.
The poorly thought out FSL concept definitely could be improved. The biggest problem is selling football tickets 5 years in advance. You have to project where you might be living and what your family and financial circumstances will be be five years from now. It feels more like a donation at this point.
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