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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
why couldn't they just expand woman's sports instead of axing the wrestling program?
I think the answer is they didn't want to pay the $.
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Exactly.
The wrestling team raised several hundred thousand dollars in an effort to save their program, but the BYU axed it anyway.
For Title IX compliance, universities don't have to provide equal numbers of sports and scholarships to the two sexes, but only demonstrate "a continual expansion" of athletic opportunities for the underrepresented sex. Starting up softball would have easily met this requirement without having to discontinue men's wrestling and gymnastics, two very successful programs.
Does the BYU receive federal cash? Seems like private schools can do what they want.