Another top JUCO program dropping football after nearly 100 years
By Adam Spencer
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Just last week, Arizona Western College announced it was dropping football, ending a run of six decades with a team.
Now, a program that has been around even longer — Eastern Arizona College — has announced it will be dropping football, too.
Eastern Arizona has had a football team every year since 1920, so it’ll be shutting down after 98 years of operation:
BREAKING NEWS: Eastern Arizona College announces they are dropping football as of today. Eastern started playing football in 1920.
— Lee Patterson (@radioguyaz99) December 11, 2018
It’s clearly been a bad year for Arizona JUCO programs, and having two teams stop football is something that surely can’t be a coincidence.
Football is an expensive sport, though, so it’ll be interesting to see if more top JUCO programs follow suit and end their affiliation with the sport in the coming years.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
