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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 4823509, member: 668"]
I've been living in the Charlotte area (various suburbs, last 15 years in Weddington) for just short of 30 years now.  Charlotte only got its NFL team in '95, therefore, it doesn't have a long history of being an "NFL town."  And, since it has continued to grow by leaps and bounds for the past 3 decades, there are numerous in state alums from UNC & NCST as well as nearby south carolina flagships, USC & Clemson that live, work and play all around these parts.  Additionally, VPI also has quite a few alumni here in Charlotte as well as App St.

UNCC's issues relative to 1A/FBS hasn't, IMO, anything to due with being in an NFL town, it has more to do with the two long standing in state flagship schools, as well as the other aforementioned nearby schools that have a long history of 1A (sans App St.) and Charlotte having to deal with all of that competition, etc in addition to being an upstart 1A.

I would argue, based upon my 30 years of living here, that Charlotte has a huge big time college football/sports following and is as much as a big time college football/sports town as it is an NFL city.
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