The death of the sport lays at the feet of Humboldt State University President Lisa Rossbacher and has been "fully supported" by California State University Chancellor Timothy White. Budget issues were cited as the cause for the sport's elimination. Football's demise, however, further underscores a diversity issue on the historically liberal campus. According to a collegefactual.com study, Blacks/African Americans only comprised 3.3% of the undergraduate student population at HSU. The football team and it's corresponding scholarships had been a magnet for black males to the campus.