Another college has decided to cut men's swimming. Rutgers Board of Governors voted this morning to eliminate 6 sports (5 of them men's), including men's swimming.
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What a sad day.
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Blame Texas. Athletic department budgets are up 35 percent the last few years and it is becoming harder to keep up. The very few big time programs are collecting a larger and larger portion of the revenue adding to the problem. The current path has an inevitable conclusion. In 20 years there will be 10-20 division 1 swim programs. Two things have to change to stop this:
1 revenue sharing. The reason the big 12 has 3 swim teams is because Texas' football program makes so much more money than all the other programs in the conference that the others have to scrap swimming to compete with Texas on the football field.
2. NCAA needs to implement strict salary and staffing guidelines.
Blame Texas. Athletic department budgets are up 35 percent the last few years and it is becoming harder to keep up. The very few big time programs are collecting a larger and larger portion of the revenue adding to the problem. The current path has an inevitable conclusion. In 20 years there will be 10-20 division 1 swim programs. Two things have to change to stop this:
1 revenue sharing. The reason the big 12 has 3 swim teams is because Texas' football program makes so much more money than all the other programs in the conference that the others have to scrap swimming to compete with Texas on the football field.
2. NCAA needs to implement strict salary and staffing guidelines.
