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EAGLES FLY NO MORE!

Posted on June 21, 2010 at 03:52 AM.

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EAGLES FLY NO MORE!

By R.E. Porter
CFSPN.com
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Ypsliant,MI - Today, Eastern Michigan University Athletic Director, Derrick Gragg, announced after 990 career football games played in EMU history, there will be no more. The Eagles, who went winless last season, failed to meet NCAA attendance requirements which also led to to the Athletic Department's financial woes this year. "Football is costing more then what we are capable of bringing in...We just cant keep up with it all the demands it has." Gragg also went on to mention that "We as athletic department will work on a successful plan where we would be able to bring a marketable and successful football program to the school in the future." It will remain to be seen. EMU has an overall win percentage of .456, which is sub-par for a D1 program. They were members of MAC West where they have won one championship (1987). Players will be able to transfer and not have to sit out a year. The NCAA transfer rule does not apply in this situation. For the players who choose to stay and graduate from EMU, the school will honor their scholarship. There is no word on who will fill the opening in the MAC but there have been talks of a Sun Belt team and possibly Syracuse, who has struggled as of late in the Big East. Coach Ron English, who went 0-12 in his first year with the Eagles, could not be reached for comment. According to his agent, he has a interview in Florida on Thursday. There is no information on where or what position he is interviewing for.