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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Aug 10, 2020 8:49:10 GMT -6
Tarleton is out for fall.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Sept 4, 2020 8:25:09 GMT -6
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Post by acutrackfan on Sept 4, 2020 9:26:11 GMT -6
Oscar, thanks for picking this up. Among the sports dropped are men's indoor and outdoor track and women's volleyball. Men's track has been dropped at several schools over the past few years (SMU doesn't have men's track, for instance). I have particular disdain for schools that do not field T&F - big surprise, huh? I am surprised to see W&M drop women's VB, though. Typically, in the minds of the "beancounters" women's VB is used to offset men's football numbers when it comes to trying to reach the very nebulous goal of meeting Title IX regulations. The W&M overall endowment is just over $1 billion, but endowments are are most often linked to specific areas of interest at a university and obviously there was little or no endowment money backing the 7 sports that were dropped.
You will continue to see sports dropped at D-1 (and D-2) schools throughout the school year.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Sept 4, 2020 10:22:00 GMT -6
Oscar, thanks for picking this up. Among the sports dropped are men's indoor and outdoor track and women's volleyball. Men's track has been dropped at several schools over the past few years (SMU doesn't have men's track, for instance). I have particular disdain for schools that do not field T&F - big surprise, huh? I am surprised to see W&M drop women's VB, though. Typically, in the minds of the "beancounters" women's VB is used to offset men's football numbers when it comes to trying to reach the very nebulous goal of meeting Title IX regulations. The W&M overall endowment is just over $1 billion, but endowments are are most often linked to specific areas of interest at a university and obviously there was little or no endowment money backing the 7 sports that were dropped. You will continue to see sports dropped at D-1 (and D-2) schools throughout the school year. I was sorry to see gymnastics dropped. Women’s gymnastics is another sport that is sometimes used for Title IX purposes to offset men’s football. The only two sports I attended regularly at UGA were football and gymnastics.
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Post by acutrackfan on Sept 4, 2020 11:03:10 GMT -6
Oscar, thanks for picking this up. Among the sports dropped are men's indoor and outdoor track and women's volleyball. Men's track has been dropped at several schools over the past few years (SMU doesn't have men's track, for instance). I have particular disdain for schools that do not field T&F - big surprise, huh? I am surprised to see W&M drop women's VB, though. Typically, in the minds of the "beancounters" women's VB is used to offset men's football numbers when it comes to trying to reach the very nebulous goal of meeting Title IX regulations. The W&M overall endowment is just over $1 billion, but endowments are are most often linked to specific areas of interest at a university and obviously there was little or no endowment money backing the 7 sports that were dropped. You will continue to see sports dropped at D-1 (and D-2) schools throughout the school year. I was sorry to see gymnastics dropped. Women’s gymnastics is another sport that is sometimes used for Title IX purposes to offset men’s football. The only two sports I attended regularly at UGA were football and gymnastics. Gymnastics is a big spectator sport at UGA -- they are top 3 in the NCAA for crowds. They are good and have put together a terrific presentation style. W&M ended up dropping the men's and women's teams in both S&D and gymnastics. In both sports the women's scholarship max was higher on the men's side -- S&D 14 women, 9.9 men and Gymnastics - 12 women and 6.3 men. I imagine that when the decision was made to cut women's VB (12 scholarship limit - head count sport, full scholarship or nothing), the men's scholarships had to be balance somewhat and men's T&F could give out 12.6 scholarships. That still means that W&M has dropped a lot more women's scholarships than men's -- they must feel like they can challenge Title IX if needed.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Sept 4, 2020 11:55:01 GMT -6
I was sorry to see gymnastics dropped. Women’s gymnastics is another sport that is sometimes used for Title IX purposes to offset men’s football. The only two sports I attended regularly at UGA were football and gymnastics. Gymnastics is a big spectator sport at UGA -- they are top 3 in the NCAA for crowds. They are good and have put together a terrific presentation style. W&M ended up dropping the men's and women's teams in both S&D and gymnastics. In both sports the women's scholarship max was higher on the men's side -- S&D 14 women, 9.9 men and Gymnastics - 12 women and 6.3 men. I imagine that when the decision was made to cut women's VB (12 scholarship limit - head count sport, full scholarship or nothing), the men's scholarships had to be balance somewhat and men's T&F could give out 12.6 scholarships. That still means that W&M has dropped a lot more women's scholarships than men's -- they must feel like they can challenge Title IX if needed. UGA was a dominant force in women’s gymnastics during the Suzanne Youlcan era. They haven’t won a national championship since she retired but they are still an elite program. I’m not sure what has happened since I left Athens but gymnastics used fo outdraw men’s and women’s basketball. The team came into the floor through a fog of smoke and fireworks...all part of their flashy presentation and style. I had an all American gymnast in a couple of my classes. She was a bit of a prima Donna but she backed it up, winning multiple national championships in individual events.
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