As of 8:10am this morning one of the finer programs in the country is lost due to "budgetary" problems.
No one saw it coming and they just recently signed some top level recruits that gave them one of the top 3 recruiting classes in the country.
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I think this is primarily a financial decision, but Title IX clearly affected how ASU chose to deal with it.
ASU probably concluded that they needed $2M (just my guess) or so. They could have dealt with it any number of ways:
1. take it out every sport's budget proportionally
2. kill a few sports that would save the necessary $$
3. raise revenue
They obviously chose #2 - so the decision comes down to which sports. If they had killed any women's sports they probably could not satisfy TitleIX:
- that the percentages of male and female athletes are substantially proportionate to the percentages of male and female students enrolled; or
- that it has a history and continuing practice of expanding athletic opportunities for the underrepresented sex; or
- that its athletics program fully and effectively accommodates the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex.
ASU could also have chosen to cut more $$ somewhere else - like football or basketball. But they didn't do that. Duh......
TitleIX clearly contributed to the decision.
I think this is primarily a financial decision, but Title IX clearly affected how ASU chose to deal with it.
ASU probably concluded that they needed $2M (just my guess) or so. They could have dealt with it any number of ways:
1. take it out every sport's budget proportionally
2. kill a few sports that would save the necessary $$
3. raise revenue
They obviously chose #2 - so the decision comes down to which sports. If they had killed any women's sports they probably could not satisfy TitleIX:
- that the percentages of male and female athletes are substantially proportionate to the percentages of male and female students enrolled; or
- that it has a history and continuing practice of expanding athletic opportunities for the underrepresented sex; or
- that its athletics program fully and effectively accommodates the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex.
ASU could also have chosen to cut more $$ somewhere else - like football or basketball. But they didn't do that. Duh......
TitleIX clearly contributed to the decision.
