Title IX and Duquesne

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Title IX stupidity rising to some new lows

Duquesne waited several days before finally explaining why four men's teams were dropped. On the athletic department's web site, the reasons for the move are listed: Financial impact, facilities limitations, gender equity, Atlantic 10 Conference support/affiliation, global warming, nuclear proliferation and Hurricane Katrina.

OK, I made those last three up, but whatever came after or before "gender equity" was unimportant.

Duquesne flunked handling of athletic cuts

Some swim team parents are trying to raise enough money to sustain the men's team themselves, but Amodio indicated earlier this week that facilities are a major obstacle.

"If you take a look at the [eliminated] sports -- and we looked at the financial impact of all of them -- but baseball is played at an off-campus facility, golf is off-campus, wrestling is on campus but at a facility the university is considering what to do with, and in swimming we do not have a diving well," Amodio said. "As well as our swimmers have performed, that's a facility limitation that we're not going to be able to change."