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[QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 3592508, member: 2141"]
I expect it was a dollars and Title IX issue.  Rowing can be an expensive sport with a new, 8-man shell fully rigged can be north of $50,000 along with travel costs to local (Hartford, Worcester, Boston) and non-local races (Philadelphia, DC, Sarasota, etc.) for the team and equipment.  I also believe the number of scholarships offered by the women's rowing team is high as that team was moved from club to varsity status specifically to counter the increase in men's sports scholarships when the football team was upgraded.  The loss of those scholarships likely is part of the reason why there are 3 men's team being terminated.

I also wonder what UConn will do with the boat house.  When the women's team was a club (the men still are), the cub rented space from the town of Coventry.  I believe UConn now pays Coventry to lease the land that the new boat house was built on, which is adjacent to the original Coventry Boat House (and is rented by the men's rowing club).

Overall, I feel horribly for all of the student athletes impacted by this as they did nothing to deserve this.
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