Rutgers to eliminate men's swimming

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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. ur.rutgers.edu/.../viewArticle.html What a sad day.
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  • For some reason I thought that the RU mens swimming team had already been cut, but this is still sad news. As my graduate alma mater, I will add this to the list of reasons not to donate another red cent to the school. On the positive side, their football program HAS been improving over the last several years, whereas it had been a point of shame for nearly decades... Having said that, I know that Rutgers' state funding continues to get severely slashed so I'm not surprised they cut athletics to the bone. Also, I'm not shocked that football and corresponding women's Title IX sports survive (for now). Football can be a source of alumni pride and thus a source of alumni funding. The women's Title IX sports survive in order to retain the football program. That's nothing against Title IX. If it weren't for that statute, there wouldn't be any women's swimming at Rutgers either so good for it. Too bad about their coach. I hope he finds greener pastures at a USS team or a DIII school.
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  • For some reason I thought that the RU mens swimming team had already been cut, but this is still sad news. As my graduate alma mater, I will add this to the list of reasons not to donate another red cent to the school. On the positive side, their football program HAS been improving over the last several years, whereas it had been a point of shame for nearly decades... Having said that, I know that Rutgers' state funding continues to get severely slashed so I'm not surprised they cut athletics to the bone. Also, I'm not shocked that football and corresponding women's Title IX sports survive (for now). Football can be a source of alumni pride and thus a source of alumni funding. The women's Title IX sports survive in order to retain the football program. That's nothing against Title IX. If it weren't for that statute, there wouldn't be any women's swimming at Rutgers either so good for it. Too bad about their coach. I hope he finds greener pastures at a USS team or a DIII school.
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