Kansas professor argues school should drop football program
Kansas’ latest embarrassing defeat on the gridiron led to one of the school’s professors suggesting a radical change.
Corey Rayburn Yung, who is a professor at Kansas University’s law school, suggested in a series of tweets that the school should drop the football program entirely.
What's the argument for continuing KU football (serious question)? It's an enormous money loser for a cash-strapped university. Life-altering injuries and cumulative brain damage are inevitable. Wouldn't this money be better spent elsewhere (e.g. more scholarships)?
— Corey Rayburn Yung (@CoreyRYung) September 2, 2018
Continuing to charge KU students higher fees to support the football team (the biggest drain on KU's athletic budget) just seems wrong. With yesterday's loss to Nicholls St., it seems like an appropriate time to ask: why have a football team?
— Corey Rayburn Yung (@CoreyRYung) September 2, 2018
Kansas’ football team has fallen upon hard times and become one of the worst in Division I. Since Mark Mangino was fired after going 5-7 in 2009, the program has gone through three head coaches and hasn’t done better than 3-9 in any given season. Turner Gill and Charlie Weis both flamed out there, and the program has become an utter joke under David Beaty. Beaty is now 3-34 including Saturday’s loss to Nicholls State.
Maybe before giving up the program entirely, they should try to hire a better coach who can at least get them to three wins.
