Nope, not Temple, Texas - them folks knows what's goin' on!
The problem's at Temple University. Read more here and here.
They're dropping seven (7) teams...so they can better support their Olympic sports.
Problem is, three of the programs they're dumping - men's track, men's gymnastics, and women's rowing - are Olympic sports.
You want the truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Oh, you can? Sorry about that. Okay, here it is:
They're having money troubles in their athletic department and in order to continue fielding a red ink-bleeding D-I foosball program (2-10, 1-7), a few cuts are in order. Can't afford to lose any of those 105 destined-to-play-on-Sunday's fellers, right?
To remain NCAA D-I, they need to keep six (6) men's sports. That's why they're dumping the other five (5) men's programs. Title IX lawyers have been pushing proportionality for years. Since they're kicking so many men to the curb, they can do the same to a few of the women as well. They'll take advantage of the opportunity and dump expensive, large-roster sports like rowing (60 women) and softball (23).
Worried about the Owls men's and women's swimming programs? Relax! They dumped swimming back in 1986. Read about the Temple University Olympic Sports Purge, Part I here.
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Note - Cedar Park's Taylor Abbott went with everyone's favorite strategy en route to his 1000 free (9:14.91, 4:37.65/4:37.26) victory:
Go out as fast as you can and negative split it!
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Since Temple dumped their team in '86 and Rice dropped their guys in '98 the only aquatic owls in D1 are Florida Atlantic and the Rice swimming women.
ReplyDelete'the only aquatic owls in D1 are Florida Atlantic and the Rice swimming women'
ReplyDelete...good to know there are a few of us who still give a hoot...