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 University of Washington is going to renovate their football stadium at a cost of $300 million. This is for a team that went 0-12 this season. Meanwhile, the swim team still uses the pool built in 1938.
Yeah, that needs a head-scratching smiley.
UMD is doing something similar. They're renovating the football stadium, adding suites, and expecting to expand capacity when all phases are complete by 15-20,000 (we're currently ~55,000 capacity). All this for a football team who typically sells out for only one or two games a season (zero this season).
But the swim team has a 10yr old state-of-the-art facility that still looks about as good as it did the day it opened. Actually, the National-Contender soccer teams are probably the only teams that don't play in a place that is not practically brand new, though they're constantly adding bleachers and I think they have finally added locker rooms for them (they were in tents at the ends of the field when I was there).
The University of Washington is going to renovate their football stadium at a cost of $300 million. This is for a team that went 0-12 this season. Meanwhile, the swim team still uses the pool built in 1938.
Yeah, that needs a head-scratching smiley.
UMD is doing something similar. They're renovating the football stadium, adding suites, and expecting to expand capacity when all phases are complete by 15-20,000 (we're currently ~55,000 capacity). All this for a football team who typically sells out for only one or two games a season (zero this season).
But the swim team has a 10yr old state-of-the-art facility that still looks about as good as it did the day it opened. Actually, the National-Contender soccer teams are probably the only teams that don't play in a place that is not practically brand new, though they're constantly adding bleachers and I think they have finally added locker rooms for them (they were in tents at the ends of the field when I was there).
