Title IX -- 40 years and it now really sucks to be a boy

Title IX has its 40th birthday -- and Title IX is no friend of mine.

Let's see, I coached swimming with the men's team at Ohio University. Now my sons won't dare go to Ohio University because the men's swim team was cut some years ago. When I was there, there was swimming and diving for both men and women.

Then I coached at Baylor University. Baylor had a team then -- but it stopped. Now Baylor has no swimming for either men or women. However, Baylor is now building a new football stadium.

Then I coached at Bradley University. They had a men's swim team -- now gone. Bradley even started a womens team and now it has neither.

There is a long list of lost opportunities for men in college sports thanks to Title IX and pin headed administrators. Here is the message: Winning happens with addition. Never does one win with subtraction.

Here is a list of swim teams cut in recent times:

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The mens swim team has been cut years ago, sadly. See Title IX/Cutting_Mens_Swimming.

• University of Akron 1966
• Alabama A&M 1984
• University_of_Alaska_Anchorage 1987
• University of Alaska Fairbanks 1987
• University_at_Albany,_SUNY 1989
• American_University_of_Puerto_Rico 1966
• Arkansas 1996
• Baylor University
  • Baylor University had a Men's and Women's team in 1982-83. The program (both men and women) ended when the old 33 1/3 yard swim pool was converted to Physical Education lab space. Not a Title IX cut.
• Benedictine (Ill.) 1996
• Bowling Green State University
• Bradley University
• Brooklyn 1979
• Buena Vista 1989
• Cal Poly Pomona 1979
• Cal St. Chico 1991
• Cal St. Fullerton 1973
• Cal St. Hayward 1990
• Cal St. L.A. 1992
• Cal St. Northridge 1990
• Cal St. San Bernardino 1992
• CCNY 1984
• Central Connecticut State University
  • Central Connecticut State University Men's Swimming was 24th in 2000 NCAA Division I Championships and the team was dropped in 2002.
• Central Michigan 1971
• Central Missouri State 1980
• Central Wash. 2003
• Chicago State 1979
• Clemson University
• Colorado State 1975
• Duquesne University
• East Stroudsburg 1990
• Eastern Kentucky 1980s?
• Eisenhower 1982
• Ferris State 1992
• Fresno State 1976
• Furman 1989
• Hastings 1954
• Houston 1984
• Idaho 1965
• Idaho State 1967
• Illinois University 1990
• Illinois State 1969
• Indiana State 1968
• Iowa State 2001
• Juniata College
• Kansas 1999
• Kansas State 1965
• Kent State University
• Kutztown
• La.-Monroe 1994
• Long Beach State 1988
• Loyola (Ill.) 1965
• Manhattanville 1978
• Marshall University
• Mass.-Lowell 1983
• Metro State 2003
• Miami (Fla.) 2004
• Minnesota State - Mankato 2003
  • Mankato's men's team competed in NCAA Division II nationals up to 2010 before dropping the team,http://www.lhup.edu/sports/NCAA/WedPrelimResults.htm Reference 200 IM, Matt Chida. Its most recent highlight being Marty Wahle's runner up finish in the 200 back in 2009.
• Minnesota State - Moorhead 2004
• Missouri - St. Louis 1993
• Montana 1985
• Muskingum 1966
• Nazareth (N.Y.) 1993
• Nebraska 2000
• University of New Hampshire
• New Mexico 1999
• North Park 1970
• Northern University 1977
• Northern Colorado. 1979
• Northern Illinois 1965
• Northern Iowa 1980
• Northern Michigan 1970
• Ohio University 1988
• Oklahoma 1971
• Oklahoma State 1977
• Oregon 1975
• Regis (Colo.) 1984
• University of Rhode Island
• Rutgers
• Sacramento State 1988
• Salem International 1999
• San Diego State 1969
• San Francisco State 1998
• San Jose State 1977
• Santa Clara 1967
• Slippery Rock 1999
• Southern Oregon 1982
• Southwest Missouri State 1982
• St. John's (N.Y.)
  • St John's NY died around 2000.
• St. Joseph's (Ind.) 1968
• Syracuse 2001
• Temple 1948
• Texas State 1982
• Texas Tech 1966
• Texas-Arlington 1979
• University of Toledo
• UC Davis
  • Cut about 2009, and relays were swimming at NCAAs the year it was cut.
• UC Irvine 1997?
• UC Riverside 1984
• UCLA 1994
• University of Vermont
• Virginia. Commonwealth 1985
• University of Washington
  • In 2009, the University of Washington Women's swim team finished in 15th place at NCAAs and the men's squad finished in 16th place. Then one month later, both programs were cut.
• Washington State 1966
• Wayne State (Neb) 1946
• Western Michigan University
• Western State 1975
• Wilkes 1972
• Youngstown State University 1981