Per Brown, the move (which drops 11 varsity sports total)...
by FL_Irish (2020-05-29 17:12:56)

In reply to: Brown dumping their XC/track programs.  posted by G.K.Chesterton

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...has nothing to do with tightening budgets. It is being done to improve competitiveness given that Brown typically finishes near the bottom of the league barrel in almost every sport in which it competes. They're focusing on fewer sports in which they believe they can be competitive.

Good luck with that. Any Ivy-minded athletic recruit is going to go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton (because they're the big 3), Penn (often because of Wharton), Dartmouth (jocky culture), and Columbia (often because of NYC) before they go to Brown. Cornell and Brown consistently get the league leftovers when it comes to recruiting. But at least Cornell has some history in a few sports (e.g., hockey).

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