ASU Men's Swimming/Diving Cut

From the wiki: "Although the most prominent "public face" of Title IX is its impact on high school and collegiate athletics, the original statute made no reference to athletics. The legislation covers all educational activities, and complaints under Title IX alleging discrimination in fields such as science or math education, or in other aspects of academic life such as access to health care and dormitory facilities, are not unheard of. It also applies to non-sport activities such as school bands, cheerleaders, and clubs; however, social fraternities and sororities, gender-specific youth clubs such as Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and Girls State and Boys State are specifically exempt from Title IX requirements." The full article is here. Carlos - you comment on many things I can't add to. I just want to add a few things: 1. at the Div 1 level, most athletic departments are independent organizations. They have revenue and expenses. Their revenues come from many places. The majority may NOT be donations. It includes ticket sales, corporate sponsorships (e.g. Nike, Coca Cola), and television. Football loses money at many schools but at others it generates HUGE amounts of cash. 2. The article below goes into detail just how ridiculous this can get for a school like Texas: www.statesman.com/.../0930utsportsmain.html 3. I agree with you that football and basketball are key drivers for alumni donations. They are also the sports most popular with the student body. Women's basketball draws a good crowd at a few schools. Women's soccer averaged almost 5,000 per game at Texas A&M. One of the reasons I enjoy college football is how alive the campus becomes on game day. Just about nothing else can do that to a large campus. That even w/o football, there are more male student-athletes in less sports than there are female student-athletes, despite the ladies having more opportunities to play sports. Is this true? A football roster, including walk-ons, is ~ 100. A Title IX compliant university should have male/female participation counts approximately proportional to the male/female ratio of the student body. Assuming a 50/50 ratio taking football out should leave more female athletes.

From the wiki: "Although the most prominent "public face" of Title IX is its impact on high school and collegiate athletics, the original statute made no reference to athletics. The legislation covers all educational activities, and complaints under Title IX alleging discrimination in fields such as science or math education, or in other aspects of academic life such as access to health care and dormitory facilities, are not unheard of. It also applies to non-sport activities such as school bands, cheerleaders, and clubs; however, social fraternities and sororities, gender-specific youth clubs such as Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and Girls State and Boys State are specifically exempt from Title IX requirements." The full article is here. Carlos - you comment on many things I can't add to. I just want to add a few things: 1. at the Div 1 level, most athletic departments are independent organizations. They have revenue and expenses. Their revenues come from many places. The majority may NOT be donations. It includes ticket sales, corporate sponsorships (e.g. Nike, Coca Cola), and television. Football loses money at many schools but at others it generates HUGE amounts of cash. 2. The article below goes into detail just how ridiculous this can get for a school like Texas: www.statesman.com/.../0930utsportsmain.html 3. I agree with you that football and basketball are key drivers for alumni donations. They are also the sports most popular with the student body. Women's basketball draws a good crowd at a few schools. Women's soccer averaged almost 5,000 per game at Texas A&M. One of the reasons I enjoy college football is how alive the campus becomes on game day. Just about nothing else can do that to a large campus. That even w/o football, there are more male student-athletes in less sports than there are female student-athletes, despite the ladies having more opportunities to play sports. Is this true? A football roster, including walk-ons, is ~ 100. A Title IX compliant university should have male/female participation counts approximately proportional to the male/female ratio of the student body. Assuming a 50/50 ratio taking football out should leave more female athletes.