Keep football in LR

With the University of Arkansas only having one game left in Little Rock, I think there has never been a better time for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to get a football team. The city of Little Rock is looking for someone to move into War Memorial Stadium when Arkansas pulls out of its contract.

The mayor of Little Rock said earlier this year, “I think that we should find uses now and I think UALR is a very likely candidate.” If people see that we are bringing a football team to UA-Little Rock it could increase enrollment. Some will be against it because it could cost $10-$15 million upfront to start the team.

With Arkansas moving all of its home games to Fayetteville, it leaves the central and southern part of Arkansas without a Division 1 football team to go watch without driving three hours. Kids who play football in Little Rock or around it have to leave the state most of the time to keep playing the sport they love. If we put a team in Little Rock, it gives kids the chance to play in the stadium they grew up in the shadow of and for the team they have dreamed about.

There has never been a better time to keep football in The Rock. Keeping Arkansas kids at home to play the sport they love, in the city they love, and around the people they love can only be a positive for all Arkansans. DYLAN FORTHMAN

Conway