Chicago State moved closer to adding a Division I Football Championship Subdivision football team Thursday.
The school announced that its board of trustees has approved a proposal to begin a public fundraising campaign to expand its sports teams. Here’s what you need to know.to the school president, following a feasibility study completed in 2021. That recommendation to the president was made in May.Along with football hopes, the school announced the launch of a women’s triathlon program to begin next year and has looked at adding women’s swimming.
Football could also help Chicago State find a conference. The school is an athletic independent in 10 of its 15 sports, including basketball. Three sports play in the Ohio Valley Conference and two play in the football-less Horizon League. Carroll said the school can’t afford to be a football independent, so the hope is adding football will open more FCS conference doors. The OVC and Missouri Valley Football Conference overlap in the region. .
The last school to create a Division I football program was Kennesaw State in 2015. That program, just outside Atlanta, immediately found success and will move up to the Football Bowl Subdivision next year. Texas Rio Grande Valley is also in the process of creating an FCS program that will begin play in 2025.The school is working on securing donors and corporate partners, and it will take the fundraising results to the board.
Carroll said the school, with its 161 acres, isn’t limited by land in a city. It already has space for locker rooms and a field for practice, and it can rent space from high-end high schools if needed. A location for home games hasn’t been determined, but possibilities range from Soldier Field to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview to local high schools.“It’s not about the hype,” Carroll said. “It’s about doing the right thing and tying it back to the university’s strategic plan.
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