I just read an article that Maryland is cutting 8 varsity sports to save money. 8?
8 Olympic Sports?
I can agree that some of those sports might not really be worth having. There are some obscure sports in the NCAA.
The problem though is that it's not in the spirit of college athletics to be dumping those eight sports, while spending millions of dollars to support football and basketball. No school will cut money to those programs because they won't for fear that it will hurt the competitiveness of their teams. They would only do it if everyone else cut costs.
I am beginning to think that a salary cap, or spending cap needs to be put on college athletics. It's beginning to get ridiculous when you read about schools cutting 8 sports, while spending huge sums of money (and more) on two or three programs. The amount of money being spent is also seemingly unsustainable. Schools can't afford a new facility every time a rival school builds something better.
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