Maryland-Eastern Shore Opts Not to Reinstate Football

The president of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore has accepted a pane's recommendation that the university not reinstate a football program dormant since 1980, The Baltimore Sun reported. “The university is not currently in position, with either human or fiscal resources, to reinstate football at this time,” the task force report said. President Juliette B. Bell said in a news release that she knew some alumni would be disappointed, but that her cabinet was unanimous in supporting the decision.