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.
In a bizarre twist, Bradley University in Peoria (private, Div 1, no football program but an awesome BB show) cut both men and womens swimming a few years back. They still allowed local age-group programs to use their pool for practice and meets.
Recently, they spent millions to demolish the old buildings and re-build a rec complex, complete with weightrooms, BB-courts, Sauna, and a pool!
However, during the design, they deliberately built a 25 yd 6-lane pool ( complete with bottom lane markers and a set of lane ropes ) but with deck space to only one side and a small set of bleachers. Presumably, too small to hold even a tri-meet. Even worse, they told local age-groupers to stay away.
Seems odd to me.... for a few more dollars, the facility would have been there to support a program, but I don't believe they wanted to be in a position to even consider such an option.
In a bizarre twist, Bradley University in Peoria (private, Div 1, no football program but an awesome BB show) cut both men and womens swimming a few years back. They still allowed local age-group programs to use their pool for practice and meets.
Recently, they spent millions to demolish the old buildings and re-build a rec complex, complete with weightrooms, BB-courts, Sauna, and a pool!
However, during the design, they deliberately built a 25 yd 6-lane pool ( complete with bottom lane markers and a set of lane ropes ) but with deck space to only one side and a small set of bleachers. Presumably, too small to hold even a tri-meet. Even worse, they told local age-groupers to stay away.
Seems odd to me.... for a few more dollars, the facility would have been there to support a program, but I don't believe they wanted to be in a position to even consider such an option.
