Hofstra University dropped its football program this morning. I can’t say I’m surprised. Attendance was always an issue, especially after the school expanded the seating capacity of Hofstra Stadium (now James M. Shuart Stadium) from 7,000 to 13,000 in 1996. There was little buzz – people talked about Hofstra football only when Wayne Chrebet and others became stars in the National Football League – and the program treaded water since Shuart – a former Hofstra player – left his presidential post in 2001.
I will say I am disappointed. As you can image many of my fellow alumni, many of whom attended the school with me, are stunned. In a statement obtained by the AP, current university president Stuart Rabinowitz says “the choice was painful but
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