I counted wrong. My best hope would leave us with 7 programs not looking like club sports
Mens Bball
Womens Bball
Mens Vball
Womens Vball
Mens Bball
Womens SBall
Womens Soccer
4 womens sports vs on 3 mens with schollies would probably guarantee compliance with Title X.
Maybe we can salvage more, like beach vball. Can only hope.
Interesting, here is the source article
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2024/08/21/ohio-state-ad-ross-bjork-nil-d1-sports-teams-big-ten/74893167007/
This quote from the Ohio State AD says it all
"We'll still have scholarships, we'll still have programs," Carter said. " Some of those sports may start to look and act a little bit more like a club sport , but yet compete at the Division I level and still travel and still compete."
In the Big West, translate that to 'Most of those sports' and 'act a lot more like a club sport' and you get the picture where we are headed. I see no way out where we look the same as we do now in five years. I hope we can salvage mens and womens bball and vball, baseball and softball, womens soccer. Everything else may become a club sport, yes this sucks but that is the best I can hope for right now. And those five remaining scholarship competition level programs will be in a lower division.
https://bigwest.org/news/2024/8/26/the-bold-type-with-commissioner-dan-butterly.aspx
Article that caught my eye:
“Athletic departments plan to "tier" sports by de-investing in many of them to invest more resources in a small group of sports that (1) generate revenue, (2) attract fans and (3) are capable of competing for championships.” Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports
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