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Originally Posted by sleepwalk
I wouldn't even have a problem if they just didn't draw crowds or didn't generate revenue, I don't feel that's not what college sports (or any sports) should really be about. The problem is that they have a hard time fielding these teams.
Soccer, softball, volleyball, swimming: These have all been sports that women have flocked to and done well in.
Lacrosse, ice hockey, crew rowing: These sports are being created for women and being taken away for men. Tennis and golf are also in this category although the competitors and their families are helping keep them afloat.
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Right, they start looking at equal budgets, equal scholarships, equal facilities.
These schools want to keep the big revenue sports, so instead of adding crap women's sports, they comply by cancelling mens sports.
Within the past year, Phil Knight got Oregon to bring back baseball (Nike sponsors their sports). They introduced baseball on the same day they announced they were canning wrestling. They had a national champion the year before.