<p>FYI. The Univ of Chicago does have a football team. Granted, it’s a Division III team, but it’s still a football team.</p>
<p>There were a number of years that the Univ of Chicago didn’t have a football team, and during that time, Second City did a hilarious parody of what the U of C football team would be like.</p>
<p>As for safety, Barack Obama lived about 2-3 blocks north of the campus, and it was safe enough for him. He still keeps his Hyde Park home, so the Secret Service is close to campus. In any big city, a person should be careful about walking alone late at night–just common sense. That would be just as true at Harvard and Yale as it would be at Univ of Chicago.</p>