A “vote of confidence” from Northeastern’s Athletic Director for the Huskies’ football program - sort of.
AD tells alumni football to stay
Ricky Thompson
Issue date: 1/7/08 Section: News
Then Peter Roby said, “Let there be football,” and there was football.
That’s the gist of a message from an alumni group whose members met with the Northeastern athletics director Dec. 20 to discuss the fate of the program.
Roby, in a meeting with representatives from the “Friends of Northeastern Athletics” alumni group, reportedly said that if he were asked about the future of the sport by a prospective recruit, he would say, “There is no reason to believe they would not be playing Northeastern football four years from now,” according to a recent newsletter distributed by the alumni group.
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