(11-10-2022 12:22 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(11-10-2022 12:18 PM)ken d Wrote:  So, less than 10% of the student body cared enough about adding football that they came out and voted for it. That's pretty underwhelming. On what basis did the administration have reason to think this would pass when they proposed it?

Getting high on their own supply / administrator groupthink. All of the ADs and administrators at other Division I schools they talk to think it's a great idea.

Administrators probably had some donors/sponsors approach them and offer to kick in some money to launch a program if the school kicked in the rest.

You'd explore it.

Fortunately, UNO has other ways to accomplish its goals. I wish them well.

What's interesting is that we could be seeing more widely applicable data here. Does this vote reflect in a more general way how Gen Z feels about American football? If so, all those schools getting CFP cash now had better bank it while they can.