Small US colleges start football teams to boost falling enrolment

Small US colleges are launching or reviving football programmes to lift enrolment as a student shortage looms. Azusa Pacific, which dropped the sport in 2020 after 55 years, and Whittier, which quit in 2022 after 115 years, are back on the field. They are among 10 four-year colleges that started programmes this season, the most since 2013, with seven more planned.