A committee formed to assess if the University of Arkansas at Little Rock should revive its football program announced Wednesday that the school will not bring football back in the near future.
“While a football program could be a positive addition to the university and the city, by unanimous opinion our group recommends that now is not the right time to start a football program,” the committee wrote in an official conclusion to the school, according to a news release.
The panel — which was formed in the summer of 2017 and featured representatives from the UALR Board of Visitors, the Trojan Advisory Council, Arkansas' Department of Parks and Tourism, the Little Rock mayor’s office and UALR faculty and staff — cited two reasons for not re-establishing its football program:
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