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This is a crappy article about the football program, much of it isn't true! >:(
FAU Football Fights to Stay D-1 as low Funds and Lackluster Game Attendance Looms
By: Jim Rutledge
Issue date: 10/4/06 Section: Sports
FAU football is dying, and it's going to need more than some rich boosters to save it.
The team's budget for this year is in the red by about $2.8 million. What's even more disturbing is that football is historically the moneymaker for universities. This forces the team to create a schedule that virtually guarantees a losing record. By scheduling perennial powerhouses like Kansas State, Oklahoma State, South Carolina and Clemson, FAU brings in $1.8 million simply for showing up to play.
Just for comparison, it should be noted that FAU's first game was against Clemson, who is running on a budget of almost $12 million in profits every year. How can we compete when our recruiting budget is in the range of $62,000 a year and our opponent's is $336,000?
To compound the problems facing FAU,the Sun Belt Conference is rated as the worst conference in college football, based on overall rankings of individual teams. The Owls have also been struggling with maintaining Division-1 status since moving up last year. The main requirement is to have an average attendance of 15,000 a game. Anyone who has actually attended an FAU game knows that we are not even close. We actually have never come close to reaching that.
Ultimately, what has helped us keep our D-1 status, are boosters like ADT and Balistreri Realty, who have bought the remaining tickets every season. The problem is that ADT's president, who purchased those tickets annually, has left the company, so there is no guarantee that ADT will buy any more tickets. Moving down to Division-2 status would be devastating for the university and could deliver a death sentence to the team.
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