Downsizing Pitt Athletics -- writing on the wall

Pitt to Downsizes the Football Program

The writing is on the wall.

Pulling the Plug on the Pitt Pigskin Program

Bulldoze Pitt's athletic history and football memories by swinging the wrecking ball on Pitt Stadium. Disenfranchize the student body and alumni now so that the next step is easier to swallow. It is going to be easier to pull the plug on the program later if the program weakens further, migrates off campus and shares a stadium.

It is quite possible that Pitt is looking to downgrade football some time in the future. The football team can move off of campus on a daily basis and then be elimiated or switch to non-varsity status at a later date.

Pitt needs to continue to disenfranchize and alumni and the student body to its allegiance to the football program and football experience. Then in the future, the program's financial foudation can be eliminated or changed in radical ways.

Pitt could turn into a non-scholarship program, such as with Duquesne. Or, Pitt could got to a lower level of funding, such as with Villanova. Or, Pitt could choose to go to a new conference, such as the Mid American Conference. Or, Pitt could choose to go to another conference with similar schools, such as Louisiville. Cincinnatti, Cleveland State,

The Pitt Hockey team, a club organization, plays off campus and could come or go without too much of an impact upon the campus life. and move its football team off-campus