What do Getbiggers think of this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/sports/26titleix.htmlAt the University of South Florida, more than half of the 71 women on the cross-country roster failed to run a race in 2009. Asked about it, a few laughed and said they did not know they were on the team.
At Cornell, only when the 34 fencers on the women’s team take off their protective masks at practice does it become clear that 15 of them are men. Texas A&M and Duke are among the elite women’s basketball teams that also take advantage of a federal loophole that allows them to report male practice players as female participants.
Yet football, the pride of many universities and a draw for alumni, rarely faces cuts. The average Division I football team went from 95 players 30 years ago to 111 players in 2009-10.
“Football is the elephant in the whole thing,” Mr. Crouthamel said. “That’s the monster.”
If you ask me, the bottom line is people will pay big bucks for college football, and to some extent men's basketball, and on average nobody gives two shits about anything else. Most D1 athletic departments operate at a loss WITHOUT slashing away at the only sport that makes any money (football). If the women athletes want gender equity then they should field a sport that captures the public's attention and brings in as much $ as football. My undergrad alma mater has cut a swarm of men's sports over the last 10 years because there's nothing on the women's side to compete with football's number of scholarships. Similar stories are found at many other large state schools.
