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The Charlotte 49ers football program represents the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in college football. The UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees officially voted to a football program on November 13, 2008, after a unanimous recommendation by the Football Feasibility Committee made possible by Student Government initiatives starting in 2006 by then Student Body President, Benjamin Comstock and Student Body Vice President Jordan Van Dyne (also Student Senate President), namely the first step of organizing a transparent student vote on football that disclosed possible hikes in tuition fees as a result of football. The online poll was approved by the Student Senate and administered in collaboration with the University's IT Department. Despite the possibility of potential rises in student fees, the vote clearly displayed a student interest in a football team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees Votes To Add Football to 49ers Athletic Program )〕 The program began play during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charlotte 49ers Football FAQ )〕 ==Team history== In 1946, 22 young men began practice as the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina Owl's first athletic program: a football team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charlotte 49ers Football Our Story )〕 The team finished the season 2–4, with wins over Pembroke State and Belmont Abbey, and losses to Davidson JV, Catawba College JV, and Clemson's "B" team.〔 The team hosted 2 home games that year at American Legion Memorial Stadium.〔 In part due to the effects of fewer World War II veterans entering college in the late 1940s, the football program ended after the 1948 season. The final football game was played on October 27, 1948.〔 On July 12, 2006, a group of 15 UNC Charlotte students and alumni held the inaugural Charlotte 49er Football Initiative (CFI) meeting. The mission of this group was to "promote the creation of a Division 1 college football program at Charlotte," eventually employing methods such as a promotional website, merchandise sales and a pledge campaign. A student organization, Charlotte Football Advocates (later CFI Students), became a part of the larger CFI group during the fall of 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charlotte 49er Football Initiative )〕 In February 2007, UNC Charlotte students voted overwhelmingly in favor of football in an official campus-wide vote and the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees voted to authorize $150,000 to study adding 49ers Football, and establishing a Football Feasibility Committee to be headed by outgoing board president and prominent Charlotte businessman Mac Everett. The committee held several meetings throughout the summer of 2007, plus three public forums in the fall of 2007. In December 2007, the Football Feasibility Committee voted unanimously to recommend the addition of 49ers football. In September 2008, a major student-led March to the Endzone rally was held on campus.〔(Hundreds Attend Football Rally on Campus )〕 On September 18, 2008, Chancellor Dubois officially recommended adding a 49ers football program with the condition that its fans first raise $5 million to help fund the stadium complex. On November 13, 2008, the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees voted to add a Charlotte 49ers football program by 2013.〔(Trustees Vote to Add Football to 49ers Athletic Program )〕 The 49ers played as an Independent during their two years in the FCS subdivision.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=49ers to play Independent in FCS )〕 Charlotte Football officially joined the FBS subdivision and C-USA Football on July 1st of 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Niners Talk FBS at C-USA Football Kickoff )〕 Charlotte 49ers football statistical leaders 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlotte 49ers football」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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