Talks are beginning at the school just south of here about starting a football team.
Best of luck to them – a long, hard, but rewarding fight!
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/19/4247456/winthrop-university-considers.html
Their start up costs could probably be fairly low. District Three stadium is more than sufficient for Big South football and it is only a mile or two from campus I believe.
A couple million in upgrades would have it be one of the best stadiums in the Big South.
I hate to doubt another program’s potential to start football after so many doubted ours, but I just don’t see it happening. They average around 1700 in basketball, and a substantially larger percentage of their students and alumni are female. Only 33% of Winthrop’s 6,000 students are male. I know that women love football too, but I have a hard time believing they will have the student and alumni support to start a program. If their administration is set on it, their best bet is playing non-scholarship football in the Pioneer League.
I know a distinguished alumnus that can help them get it started.
[quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:4, topic:28117”]I know a distinguished alumnus that can help them get it started.
http://www.winthrop.edu/coe/PESH/default.aspx?id=14292[/quote]
I heard she has been working for football at Winthrop for 20 years.
It hurts me to read these comments. People said the same thing about us.
If Winthrop wants a piece of the pie, I hope they can find a way.
If Brevard College and Guilford Colkege can have a football team there is no reason Winthrop can’t. Same thing we said about ourselves. Good luck to them.
[quote=“Gassman, post:7, topic:28117”]If Brevard College and Guilford Colkege can have a football team there is no reason Winthrop can’t. Same thing we said about ourselves. Good luck to them.[/quote] +1
And if they get a team, I’ll bet they can beat Apps butt right out of the gate.
The only thing I can tell Winthrop is dreams do come true. (8/31)
$uck it naysayers!
[quote=“NinerWupAss, post:5, topic:28117”][quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:4, topic:28117”]I know a distinguished alumnus that can help them get it started.
http://www.winthrop.edu/coe/PESH/default.aspx?id=14292[/quote]
I heard she has been working for football at Winthrop for 20 years.[/quote]
It might only take 5 to 10 years to get it going at Winthrop.