Let's keep cutting men's sports. Hey.... it's the economy now, not Title IX.
I find this reasoning amusing.
John Smith
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NCAA's Brand: Don't fault Title IX for Future Cuts
Author: ASA News
Blog URL: allstudentathletes.com/.../ncaabrandtitleix
Description:
Brand expects some schools to drop men's teams in coming months because
of the economic downturn. He is urging them in advance to cite the
economy, not the law that bans sex discrimination at schools receiving
federal funds.
The ADs will make a choice NOT to cut football and basketball and instead will cut "lesser" sports if their revenue declines. Your old school, flush with a > $115M budget, won't cut anything. But other schools without the massive revenue stream will cut something.
Dan...I think this kind of thinking is a huge mistake....one that Phil Whitten eluded to in the speach I mention earlier in this thread. If the study he referenced is true...and schools like Texas with a huge budget are actually hitting a net loss on football then even Texas swimming could fall...as we've seen the new trend is to have these programs endow themselves and erase them enitrely from the books.
The ADs will make a choice NOT to cut football and basketball and instead will cut "lesser" sports if their revenue declines. Your old school, flush with a > $115M budget, won't cut anything. But other schools without the massive revenue stream will cut something.
Dan...I think this kind of thinking is a huge mistake....one that Phil Whitten eluded to in the speach I mention earlier in this thread. If the study he referenced is true...and schools like Texas with a huge budget are actually hitting a net loss on football then even Texas swimming could fall...as we've seen the new trend is to have these programs endow themselves and erase them enitrely from the books.
