(04-15-2018 08:28 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  Kind of surprising to see so many schools in Division I without women's soccer programs. It looks like the list includes the following:

Let's face it: Despite all the Official Mission Statements that use flowery language about a commitment to gender-equality in athletics, most non-Power schools** are playing a desperate min-max game whereby they are doing their best to invest as much money as possible into football and/or men's hoops, while staying within the court-defined parameters of Title IX compliance, and an acceptable public-perception on that issue.

** Power schools of course strive to do the same thing, but their big cash makes it considerably easier to do.