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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 3228687, member: 3609"] NYT article on schools [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/sports/dropping-football-northeastern.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage']starting or dropping football[/URL] teams. {May be behind paywall.} Relevant quote: Roby [the AD who ended football at Northeastern], who retired last year, understood the bitterness. But he insisted he had acted in the best interests of Northeastern in an era when the supremacy of college football is being questioned. He pointed to the University of Connecticut, which in recent years invested heavily in football to compete at the highest level in the N.C.A.A. The program has struggled to attract fans and is 11-45 in the also-ran American Athletic Conference since 2013. “They can’t draw anybody to games, they have no natural rivalries and they’re not very good,” Roby said. “Is that what people want?” [/QUOTE]