Whenever news on the effort to bring back Titan Football has appeared in local media, typically the articles appear in the sports section. A recent article reporting on the progress of this effort appeared in the Orange County Register, this time in the News and Education section. Reporter Marla Jo Fisher included an update on the Long Beach State push to reinstate football along with information regarding the ongoing efforts to revive the defunct Cal State Fullerton football program.
Read the original news story from the Orange County Register: Could football make a comeback at Cal State Fullerton?
Great article summarizing were we are at with both schools.One thing that should be mentioned is that it would only take around 30 scholarships to compete at the FCS/1-AA level.When you read about the 80-90 players, even though scholarships is not mentioned in that paragraph, it makes you think that is how many scholarships it will take to make it happen.
Mel Franks keeps thinking 1-A football but we are talking 1-AA football which would be just like SLO, UCDavis, and Sac st. Witha student fee referendum of 40 dollars per semester it can be done and women’s athletics would be fully funded due to Title 9.
The overall tone of the article is a bit misleading and very negative in my view- the author seemed to present a rather biased vision of the efforts of both schools to bring football back to their respective campuses, with erroneous statements like the previously mentioned number of scholarships (about a third are needed for FCS ball vs. FBS), the stadium being ‘converted to soccer’ (yeah, that’s why they still play regular HS and CC games there), and the overall negative quotes by McDannald and Franks. It just seemed to really misrepresent the effort to a readership who might not know much about it, or for people who might otherwise be interested or supportive…