(06-15-2021 09:28 AM)Schadenfreude Wrote: (06-15-2021 08:10 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote: Any reason behind why more MAC schools aren't sponsoring soccer? Seems like it wouldn't be too expensive (relatively speaking).
I assume Title IX makes it tough to make work. Really glad BGSU sponsors it.
Yeah, mostly Title IX. The reason so many FBS schools sponsor women's soccer is that it helps fill out the women's scholarships to offset the 85 headcount men's football scholarships ... but then if you have a men's soccer team, even if they don't have as many FTSE, they still offset part of the FTSE of the women's team.
Meanwhile, for just meeting the sports minimums, an FBS school only needs basketball and FB as men's teams sports, so sponsoring baseball is already one step beyond NCAA minimums.
Title IX means there's a bit of a trade-off between sponsoring lots of men's team sports and sponsoring men's track (CC / IT&F / OT&F) and wrestling.
Mac Men Team Sports / Total Men's Team Sports / Men's Track? / Wrestling?:
BGU: 4 / 5 / CC only / No
WMU: 4 / 5 / No / No
Akron: 4 / 4 / T&F only / No
BSU: 3 / 4 / No / No
Miami: 3 / 4 / CC & OT&F / No
NIU: 4 / 4 / No / Yes
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CMU: 3 / 3 / CC Only / Yes
EMU: 3 / 3 / Yes / No
KSU: 3 / 3 / Yes / Yes
Ohio: 3 / 3 / CC only / Yes
Toledo: 3 / 3 / CC Only / No
Buffalo: 2 / 2 / Yes / Yes
As you can see, nobody at or above the "four men team's sport" line has a full three season men's track program, half don't have men's track at all, only one has indoor track and field, and only one school wrestles.
Meanwhile, at or below the "three men team's sports line", all run cross country, four out of six wrestle, and three out of six have a full three season track program.