Actually, the announcement came last month. But as reported by Inside Higher Ed today, Post University -- a for-profit institution in New England -- will join the Collegiate Sprint Football League next fall. (Interesting fact from the article: Post's new team had a startup cost of about $400,000 and projected annual costs of $150,000.)
Penn is one of just six schools in the nation with a sprint football program, reserved for players under 172 pounds. Cornell, Princeton, Navy and Army round out the traditional bunch; Mansfield University joined the CSFL in 2008, the first new team in decades.
Here's a bit more on the history of sprint football at Penn.
And, of course, Happy Hannukah to our Jewish readers.
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December 12th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I'm sure everyone here loves sprint football and all, but isn't there a basketball game tonight? Or has the DP stopped covering basketball? Hard to tell.
I would think this year given how epically bad the team is you might have something to write about.
December 12th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
David(Ben): Nice of you to reemerge from the Witness Protection Program!
December 12th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Thanks for link to sprintfootball webpage.
The drawings have to be one of the gayest things i have ever seen.