Once again, men's wrestling is sacrificed on the sacrificial
by BIG MAC (2020-07-08 17:54:58)

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Altar of Title IX compliance.

I Remember When ND dropped Wrestling. The Year They
by hempfield75  (2020-07-08 18:53:15)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

dropped the program. They finished in the top 25. Every year I have hope
they will reinstate the program. I will never give up hope for it to
happen.

SEG/Chief
Neighbor was a Monogram Club wrestler.
by T-Bone  (2020-07-09 10:48:20)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Still gets football tix via MC.
If I had to choose between the entirety of women's
by Murcer68  (2020-07-08 18:27:50)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

sports (which would not exist today as we know it without Title IX) or men's wrestling, I'd choose women's sports.
I wouldn't really want to choose
by BIG MAC  (2020-07-09 12:31:56)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

But I don't like to see a situation where an important sport like wrestling is simply dropped. BTW Our men's Olympic Team has trended down. I think part of the answer might be to try to make at least some women's sports more profitable and self sufficient. I think ND is there in basketball and possibly could be there in soccer and lacrosse.
Translation? *
by T-Bone  (2020-07-09 10:50:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post