Rio Grande College (OH) To Revive Dormant Football Program

[Omega]

https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/2024/04/25/rio-grande-reviving-football/

RIO GRANDE — The last time that the University of Rio Grande took to the football gridiron, Harry Truman was the President of the United States — and the winners of Major League Baseball’s Most Valuable Player awards were Jackie Robinson and Ted Williams.

The times they are a changin’, though.

Plans to revive the school’s long-dormant football program, as well as the creation of a marching band program to go along with it, were announced by school officials during a Tuesday morning press conference.

Why would a rural struggling small college in the hills of Gallia County want to do this? Bob Evans is dead and gone. Where is the money coming from?

 

[Omega]

https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/2024/04/25/rio-grande-reviving-football/

Why after 70 years does a struggling rural college in Gallia County want to start up a college football program? Money is scarce in Southern Ohio and Bob Evans is dead and gone.

 

[14Red]

Enrollment. Looks like it's about $33,000 or so to go there annually. Which really isn't bad by today's standards. It costs about $800 to equip a football player. They are NAIA so I don't think there are any roster limits. So if you can get 100-120 paying customers at $33,000 per year, it makes alot of sense to have football, especially in Ohio, a big football state.

 

[nwwarrior09]

Hunting for money. In a perfect world for them, between adding football and marching band they enroll at least 200 additional students per year.