I agree, but you know the one problem with that, counselor.
Per federal law the numbers of schollies have to match, ie Title IX
I would probably sub
mens & womens swimming in your list for the LAX and rowing,
since it's not a high involement sport for BE schools anyway.
excerpts:
* Cut men’s golf or tennis?....Well, neither program costs a whole lot to run, at least compared to the school’s other athletic programs.
* Cut baseball?...Perhaps you haven’t heard of Elliot Ballpark, UConn’s sparkling new baseball facility that was slated to open this spring before COVID-19 hit.
* Cut men’s soccer?......There’s a new, 4,000-seat soccer stadium slated to open in August. Plus, the program is popular on campus, and also with the Big East.
* Cut football?......Well, there is that 40,000-seat stadium in East Hartford. And the fact that the program helps bring in other dollars through its contracts with IMG, Nike, CBS Sports Network, etc.
* Cut women’s tennis or rowing or volleyball?......Hello, Title IX.
"Getting into a guessing game seems a bit insensitive, but
it’s worth noting that swimming and diving programs seem to be the first on the chopping block when schools started cutting programs over the past month. UConn fields both men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams
:......Then there’s this:
That $42.2 million subsidy is a bit misleading. Some $18 million of that goes right back to the university through scholarships. If UConn was to charge the athletics department a lower rate on out-of-state scholarships — bringing their value a bit closer to in-state grants — that could save, say, $5 million right there.
Many schools already do this (some don’t even charge their sports programs for scholarships).
That’s just bookkeeping, you say? Well, then
it also means UConn’s subsidy is closer to $20 million, not the $40 million figure some national sportswriters are all-too eager to write about. "
The New Haven Register's
Dave Borges makes some of the same points I've already made in 2 threads, while also calling out that Louisville fan boy/ hack writer Pat Forde like I did too...
FULL READ...
And if so, as I posted above: