Arizona State University Shuts Down Wrestling Program

by Luke Thomas on May 14, 2008 11:17 AM EDT in News

Along with men's tennis and swimming, one of the great PAC-10 wrestling programs is now gone:

In its official statement on Tuesday, the university sited "economic realities experienced over a long period of time" as the primary reason for shutting down the wrestling program.

According to ASU's Vice President of University Athletics, Lisa Love, "These three sports were selected with the following criteria: financial impact, potential competitive success, conference/regional support and gender equity. Our revenue trajectory has been positive, however, our ongoing financial challenges have been well documented by the media. The decision to discontinue sport programs is a last resort, yet necessary."

It's cheap to say this, but I'd love to see which women's programs they kept in the name of "gender equity".

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Re: Arizona State University Shuts Down Wrestling

Title IX is seriously one of the most flawed things that has ever come about to affect amateur athletics.....

it is not fair to men to lose programs so women can have a program.... especially when you consider this........

there are two mens sports in college that there are not equals for women

think about this... there is mens and women golf, tennis, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, hockey(in some areas), basketball, softball/baseball and so on

however there is no female equivalent to wrestling and yet wrestling is always a program that is dropped... and there certainly isnt a female comparison to football... which brings in more revenue than any other sport to a college....

tennessee is one of the most successful womens basektball programs but do they bring in as much money as tennessee football... its not even close

its not mens fault their sports drive the budget and revenue... plus funding a wrestling team is certainly less expensive than almost any other sport would be.... why not make the womens team raise its money for their programs... since no one is going to them and they are bringing in miniscule revenue and interest

Title IX is horrible and needs to be used properly... you cannot count wrestling and football into the equation because there is no womens equivalent....

by janglum on May 14, 2008 12:20 PM EDT 0 recs

Re: Arizona State University Shuts Down Wrestling

This removal isn't directly tied to Title IX. There are other factors that, allegedly, played into the decision.

by Luke Thomas on May 14, 2008 12:24 PM EDT up 0 recs

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anytime funding is brought into the equation title ix plays a role..... ASU could easily fund that wrestling team with a miniscule amount from the football programs revenue... but i will bet anything that funding is now required to move to a womans program

thus being a title 9 issue

by janglum on May 14, 2008 1:08 PM EDT 0 recs

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Taken from another site...

ASU drops 3 men's programs due to lack of funding and yet refuses to admit this is a case of Title IX cuts. Over 250 NCAA Division 1 wrestling programs have been dropped since Title IX was adopted in 1972, but everyone still refuses to attribute any of this to that terrible ruling.

title 9 is going to be the ruination of amateur athletics not called basketball or football.. as they are the only 2 that bring in large amounts of money.... football more so than basketball

by janglum on May 14, 2008 1:09 PM EDT 0 recs