Thread is about Umass FOOTBALL.

I can compare fan support in different states if I want to . I do not need your permission.

The Northeast simply doesn't support college football and I see no reason for a school like UMass who is marginal at best to start with to try and finance a FBS program where the sport is not popular and brings in little if any income to the AD.

71 Massachusetts A-10 $36,512,437 $36,897,375 $28,681,769 78.55

We are talking about an AD that requires nearly 80% subsidy to operate. That simply isn't sustainable but fits right in with the MAC. I see this as MAC or bust and I do not see UMass being a top 5 replacement team for the AAC.

In all reality they should lessen the burden to taxpayers and students and drop down in football to a level they have the resources to compete in.

Independence works for schools like BYU and service academies, not schools like Idaho, UMass, and NMSU.