UNC-Charlotte AD Judy Rose "isn’t happy with sagging attendance" at the school's football games, as Saturday's crowd of 10,708 at 15,314-seat Richardson Stadium was "the lowest home crowd in Charlotte's one-plus seasons of football," according to David Scott of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. Saturday's crowd registered "under the previous low of 12,052 that came one week earlier against Coastal Carolina." Rose: "I'm not pleased; I'm disappointed." The school's average attendance is 13,761 this season, which "is significant because a minimum of 15,000 over a two-year period is required to play in the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivison once the 49ers move up next season." Rose said of improving attendance, "We’re going to be as proactive as we can. We’ll figure out why it is and come up with a solution." The "cause of the decreased crowds appears to be coming from students who are not using all of their allotment of 7,500 tickets per game." Rose said that she "will recommend to chancellor Phil Dubois that the student allotment -- which accounts for half the stadium -- be cut next season." Rose: "Now that puts the burden on us, because it will free up tickets that we will have to sell" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 11/16).
