I've always heard the continued dropping of men's sports is because of and only because of Title IX, where I believe it is a majority of the cause, I know that Iowa State has taken it a step farther and could probably add a men's sport back like Baseball without violating Title IX.
My question is, is it really about that? Is there much more to it? I see so many other Big XII programs with more men's sports and less women's sports without a problem, considering ISU is the only one without Baseball I don't understand why we have cut so many men's sports.
Just for one example look at Ok St. They have all the men's sports ISU has plus they also have Baseball and Tennis, while the women they have 2 less sports total, not having Volleyball, Gymnastics and Swimming & Diving, while only adding Equestrian. Considering these women's sports are rather large teams with many scholarships, how do they make it work not having them and keeping things equal? How do these other Big XII schools get by with all the extra men's sports and in some cases many less women's sports?
This isn't a complaint of having so many women's sports, it is more of a complaint of having so few men's. And even with that not so much of a complaint as more just trying to get an understanding. I know budgeting comes into it some, but that alone can't be the reason we have dropped men's swimming & diving, gymnastics, baseball and tennis (maybe more) in recent memory while keeping the women's counterpart. Not to mention other schools having rowing, lacrosse and hockey etc. Of all these I wish Baseball would, and I think should, be brought back.
So if you have an explanation as to how this works and how other schools are doing it, I really would like to know how it works. I know there is a formula and such but I just don't know how that formula seems to be different for different schools.
My question is, is it really about that? Is there much more to it? I see so many other Big XII programs with more men's sports and less women's sports without a problem, considering ISU is the only one without Baseball I don't understand why we have cut so many men's sports.
Just for one example look at Ok St. They have all the men's sports ISU has plus they also have Baseball and Tennis, while the women they have 2 less sports total, not having Volleyball, Gymnastics and Swimming & Diving, while only adding Equestrian. Considering these women's sports are rather large teams with many scholarships, how do they make it work not having them and keeping things equal? How do these other Big XII schools get by with all the extra men's sports and in some cases many less women's sports?
This isn't a complaint of having so many women's sports, it is more of a complaint of having so few men's. And even with that not so much of a complaint as more just trying to get an understanding. I know budgeting comes into it some, but that alone can't be the reason we have dropped men's swimming & diving, gymnastics, baseball and tennis (maybe more) in recent memory while keeping the women's counterpart. Not to mention other schools having rowing, lacrosse and hockey etc. Of all these I wish Baseball would, and I think should, be brought back.
So if you have an explanation as to how this works and how other schools are doing it, I really would like to know how it works. I know there is a formula and such but I just don't know how that formula seems to be different for different schools.