Chicago State mulls adding Division I football program

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago State is considering adding a Division I football team. A Predominantly Black Institution with an enrollment of about 2,300, the South Side school announced Wednesday a committee of faculty, staff, students, partners, community leaders, and “long-standing stakeholders across all levels of football in and around Chicago” will study in the coming months the impact a football program would have. That group will make recommendations to the university’s president. Chicago State has 15 Division I teams and operates as an independent after nine years in the Western Athletic Conference. The school did not mention where a football team would play.