Posted by 03Devil on May 13, 08 at 18:13:19:
In Reply to: Don't see the Title IX correlation... posted by frcsidevil on May 13, 08 at 15:06:25:
The correlation is this - for ASU to spend more money on basketball and football, they had two choices:
1 - come up with two times more money than they needed, give half to basketball/football and the other half to womens' sports.
2 - cut mens' sports so the money saved could go directly into other mens' programs (football/basketball)
What we've just done is increase our annual budget for the big sports without having to come up with more money for the ahtletic department.
I'm not saying Title IX is the only cause of this decision, but we're living in a Title IX world that causes decisions like this to make sense.