UNC-Charlotte Football Gets ESPN Attention

Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com writes about the process and challenges of starting a football program at UNC-Charlotte. One of the challenges is money, but not just because of the economy, Schlabach reports: Because Charlotte is relatively young -- the school didn't open its doors until 1946, more than 150 years after UNC Chapel Hill was chartered -- there isn't a huge alumni base to tap into for financial donations. The school has sold about 3,400 seat licenses, which have price tags ranging from $250 to $1,500 each. "This university is very young and still very young," Rose said. "Our funding for the university is never enough to do what you want to do even academically. We're just starting to get alumni who are in position to give financially. We don't have the educational foundation that (UNC) Chapel Hill has. We haven't had generations of graduates, who have been giving for 100 years. We're caught in that little time lapse of trying to catch up."