but there are equity issues using endowment funds to save sports, depending on which sports were cut.
Beyond that, there are far larger implications of COVID on future enrollment growth, “looks” of campuses, and competition for more of the fringe sports.
promising west coast program with three elite frosh/soph. Tough to see them fold, and the whole college wrestling community is unanimous in that feeling.
A promising young program is a minor criteria at an olympic sport powerhouse like Stanford.
With the exception of men’s volleyball and wrestling, which do attract
seems like an odd number - and literally it is an odd number.
I thought to be title IX compliant they needed to have the same number of mens and womens sports.
So if they were compliant, how can they cut an odd number and remain compliant?
Was one co-ed? Sailing?
Or it's possible I don't know what I'm talking about with title IX compliance and it may not be 1:1 same number of sports but some other equity measure.
I thought they needed the same number of scholarships available, but one of them is co-ed:
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The 11 sports that will be discontinued are men's and women's fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men's rowing, co-ed and women's sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men's volleyball and wrestling.
seems like an odd number - and literally it is an odd number.
I thought to be title IX compliant they needed to have the same number of mens and womens sports.
There are a lot of factors that go into Title IX compliance, but for one thing, it's the number of individual opportunities to participate rather than the number of teams. Prior to this cut, Stanford had 4 more women's teams than men's teams.
Can endowment money be used to pay for sports programs?
Beyond that, there are far larger implications of COVID on future enrollment growth, “looks” of campuses, and competition for more of the fringe sports.
Also, don't discount the possibility that Stanford was eyeing these cuts pre-Covid and this provides a good cover story.
Tough, but necessary, life lesson for young kids that profitability matters.
A promising young program is a minor criteria at an olympic sport powerhouse like Stanford.
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I thought to be title IX compliant they needed to have the same number of mens and womens sports.
So if they were compliant, how can they cut an odd number and remain compliant?
Was one co-ed? Sailing?
Or it's possible I don't know what I'm talking about with title IX compliance and it may not be 1:1 same number of sports but some other equity measure.
I thought to be title IX compliant they needed to have the same number of mens and womens sports.
There are a lot of factors that go into Title IX compliance, but for one thing, it's the number of individual opportunities to participate rather than the number of teams. Prior to this cut, Stanford had 4 more women's teams than men's teams.
sorry