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.
UCLA had the funding to endow the program and it was rejected, as in the case with ASU its not so simple. Even if they can endow the men's program and keep it funded and alive per Title IX then an equal number of women's opportunities must be made available.
One reminder, this is a school that started a women's crew program by posting flyers on campus a few years back saying "try out, scholarships now available, no experience needed". I'm all for womens sports and what Title IX did, I'm not for wimpy AD's who choose the "easy" way out and screw Olympic sports/men's programs to try an obtain parity.
As in the case with Michigan when the coach departs the swimmers at a university where the program is dropped can be released and go elsewhere without losing eligibility.
UCLA had the funding to endow the program and it was rejected, as in the case with ASU its not so simple. Even if they can endow the men's program and keep it funded and alive per Title IX then an equal number of women's opportunities must be made available.
One reminder, this is a school that started a women's crew program by posting flyers on campus a few years back saying "try out, scholarships now available, no experience needed". I'm all for womens sports and what Title IX did, I'm not for wimpy AD's who choose the "easy" way out and screw Olympic sports/men's programs to try an obtain parity.
As in the case with Michigan when the coach departs the swimmers at a university where the program is dropped can be released and go elsewhere without losing eligibility.
