I just heard that two more universities, Rutgers and James Madison, are ditching men's swimming while spending zillions on football and golf. My own alma mater almost cut women's swimming several years ago. They were saved by alumni fundraising, but not until the swim team put itself up for sale on ebay. Endurance sports get no respect. It makes no sense. I thought open water swimming and triathlons and road racing were on the rise even among young kids. If so, why cut all those sports in college? I guess it's still just a miniscule percentage that participate compared to other sports, like my least favorite youth sport -- travel soccer.
2 more examples of how Title IX needs to be updated - How old is that law anyways?! This is truly an unintended byproduct of compliance, and hopefully the NCAA will soon come up with some better compliance measures that do not have adverse effects on the rest of a University's athletic program.
Also, think of this from the perspective of a male athlete at a small school... If you dont play football, basketball has room for only 12 players. After that, sport selection is slim pickings - maybe 1 or 2 others per season - and getting smaller.
If only there were folks hanging around the NCAA Compliance dept who realized that swimming is one of the few sports where most of these collegiate athletes have a successful, popular, widely known amateur arena in which they may continue to showcase their skills for the remainder of their lives.
2 more examples of how Title IX needs to be updated - How old is that law anyways?! This is truly an unintended byproduct of compliance, and hopefully the NCAA will soon come up with some better compliance measures that do not have adverse effects on the rest of a University's athletic program.
Also, think of this from the perspective of a male athlete at a small school... If you dont play football, basketball has room for only 12 players. After that, sport selection is slim pickings - maybe 1 or 2 others per season - and getting smaller.
If only there were folks hanging around the NCAA Compliance dept who realized that swimming is one of the few sports where most of these collegiate athletes have a successful, popular, widely known amateur arena in which they may continue to showcase their skills for the remainder of their lives.
