...they're not the only ones!.Imagine a school that offers eleven women's sports and just six for men.
It's not so hard to find schools like that these days. The quota system (proportionality) has been used time and time again to wipe out men's athletics.
Title IX has done just that to the James Madison University athletics program.
The latest attempt to reinstate dropped men's sports at J.M.U. has failed. Read more here.
As usual with this type of article, we find two basic types of comments.
First, there's Mr. "I'm livin' in a fantasy":
Posted by Lee1 on January 05, 2010 at 4:03 pm
It is worth noting that the only reason many sports teams are fielded is due to the income generated from football. Without that, both mens and womens sports teams would be reduced.
Ha! Income from football at J.M.U.!!!
How far in the red do you think they are each year? Six figures? Doesn't make them special, though. Thats' how most college football programs operate.
Next, there's Mr. "I live in the real world":
Posted by battlerdad on January 05, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Football is revenue negative at all but a handful of schools. I would be pleasantly surprised(and amazed) to find that JMU football generates one dime toward financing any other sport.It is funded largely through athletic fees paid by the students. Were that the case, the athletic department would not be shutting these sports down.
p.s. Ever wonder why the small number of men's sports offered is so often six (6)? That just happens to be the minimum allowed by the NCAA.
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