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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 3517093, member: 7492"] This isn't rocket science here. The issue is fair and equal access to sports scholarships. If a School has a football program, they have either 85 or 63 (form 1AA schools-I am still not sure the proper lingo now) scholarships allocated to that sport. If a school is 50% male and female, the school must fund 85/63 scholarships for women before another men's scholarship in other sports is available. As not many women's sports have more than roster spots, you can see the dilemma. Hence the rise in soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, hockey and why they want to make cheering a fully sponsored NCAA sport. Many men's programs have been hit, Men's Swimming, Men's Water Polo, Men's tennis, Men's track, Men's cross country and yes, Men's Volleyball. Most schools now look at what their conference is competitive in and will shift a focus to those sports. BigTen is a strong swimming conference yet Rutgers and Maryland no longer field programs. Gosh knows why football needs 4x coverage of their starters (11 offense/11 defense x 4=88 vs. 85 scholarships) while all other sports save basketball barely have 1x coverage. MCBB has 13 so it is 2.6 x coverage. Here's the list of all scholarships by sport. As you can see, Title IX is creating casualties across the men's spectrum. The insult to injury is Men still account for 85% of the booster money sent to the schools after graduation. So yes, I am putting it to all women out there to send money to your school and show support!!! That may bring back a men's program or two and increase the women's programs at the same time. Rant over. :) [/QUOTE]

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