Charlotte has cleared its final hurdle to start a football program in 2013.
August 4, 2010
Associated Press
Charlotte has cleared its final hurdle to start a football program in 2013.
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has signed a capital projects bill this week that includes funding for the 49ers' stadium construction. It was the last ceremonial move needed to start a team at the Football Championship Subdivision level.
Chancellor Philip Dubois first recommended football in 2008 and the board of trustees approved the move. The school has since been scrambling to raise $23 million to build a 15,000-seat on-campus stadium.
The school of 22,000 students is one of the largest in the nation without football. Charlotte competes in the non-football Atlantic 10 in other sports, and athletic director Judy Rose is attempting to get the football team in a league.
