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Recommended: How sport brings people together

The University of Texas at Dallas is known for their excellence in academics; however, this institution lacks a football team. High school students make fast judgments on what school they prefer because they are constantly bombarded by the universities logos plastered on t-shirts, coffee mugs, and most importantly, on television when college football teams play. In addition, every time college football teams play Alumni, students, and prospective students will watch the game(s) in support of a specific school. Whereas, Alumni, students, and prospective students of UTD do not look forward for college football games since UTD does not have one. Therefore, UTD needs a football team to get more applicants and with more applicants the more money the school will get to fund for a football stadium, which in the long run will benefit the school since it can very well be both academically and athletically excellent.
The bulk of high school seniors that apply to four-year institutions come from schools with football teams. For those students they are accustomed to going to football games because they are fun, exciting, and usually most students including faculty and staff will go to the games to support their high school. According to MAXPREPS a CBSSports.com site, “there are 1,463 high schools in Texas with a boy’s football team” (MaxPreps School Search). The number of high schools with football teams may seem big, but it’s really not compared to the number of players at each high school. Thus, if UT Dallas had a football team then it could attract a greater amount of students to apply who did not get into UT or A&M, which would cause a surplus of applicants and in return a higher revenue factor.
The more students that get accepted th...

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...t is going to bring every UTD student/prospective students, alumni, and faculty closer together. The football team will strengthen our school pride and it will guide us in a new and improved school where one day everyone can watch “the undefeated UTD football team” phrase become a reality.

Works Cited

UTSA Athletics Communications. "UTSA Football FAQ - GoUTSAcom: Official Website of The University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics Department."UTSA Football FAQ - GoUTSAcom: Official Website of The University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics Department. UTSA, 5 May 2011. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.

"MaxPreps School Search." Texas High School Boys Football Teams. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.

Gary, Jesse. "UTD welcomes first freshman class." The UTD Mercury, 27 Aug. 1990.

"UTSA's History." Welcome to The University of Texas at San Antonio. UTSA, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.

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