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D-III football team cancels rest of season because of player shortage
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...ause-of-player-shortage/ar-AAtIUta?li=BBnba9I
Turn out the lights, the season's over.
NCAA Division III Occidental College, reportedly down to fewer than three dozen healthy players after an 0-5 start, announced Wednesday that it has canceled the rest of its 2017 football season and "will rebuild for 2018."
@OxyAthletics cancels last 4 football games of season due to diminished roster, will rebuild for 2018 https://t.co/jTOIsSgOLR
— Occidental Athletics (@OxyAthletics) October 18, 2017
"A decision of this magnitude was not made lightly. … This decision falls hardest on our players and coaching staff, whose competitive spirit has never waned," school president Jonathan Veitch said in a statement.
Two of Occidental's five losses were forfeits because it lacked the players to compete; its three losses in games that were played were by a combined score of 170-19.
Occidental, in Los Angeles, competes in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. According to D3Football, "The roster of healthy players numbered in the low- to mid-30s, with just one defensive lineman healthy and available to play."
D-III football team cancels rest of season because of player shortage
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...ause-of-player-shortage/ar-AAtIUta?li=BBnba9I
Turn out the lights, the season's over.
NCAA Division III Occidental College, reportedly down to fewer than three dozen healthy players after an 0-5 start, announced Wednesday that it has canceled the rest of its 2017 football season and "will rebuild for 2018."
@OxyAthletics cancels last 4 football games of season due to diminished roster, will rebuild for 2018 https://t.co/jTOIsSgOLR
— Occidental Athletics (@OxyAthletics) October 18, 2017
"A decision of this magnitude was not made lightly. … This decision falls hardest on our players and coaching staff, whose competitive spirit has never waned," school president Jonathan Veitch said in a statement.
Two of Occidental's five losses were forfeits because it lacked the players to compete; its three losses in games that were played were by a combined score of 170-19.
Occidental, in Los Angeles, competes in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. According to D3Football, "The roster of healthy players numbered in the low- to mid-30s, with just one defensive lineman healthy and available to play."