The College Sports Forum

James Madison University’s Board of Visitors voted Friday to drop 10 of its athletic teams in order to bring the school into compliance with Title IX.

The school will eliminate seven men’s varsity teams and three women’s varsity teams on July 1.  The school will have 18 teams after the plan is implemented.

Under the plan, total participation in athletics will move to 61 percent female and 39 percent male, which matches current student enrollment figures.

“The JMU athletics program is unusually large for a public university of our size,” said Joseph Damico, rector of the school’s Board of Visitors. “With so many teams, we faced an insurmountable challenge coming into compliance with Title IX.” (Espn.com).

The decision affects 144 student-athletes participating in the sports and three full-time and eight part-time coaches, the school said.The men’s teams being eliminated are archery, cross country, gymnastics, indoor track, outdoor track, swimming and wrestling. The women’s archery, fencing and gymnastics teams will be dropped.

Title IX strikes again.  I’m all for women getting equal oppurtunities in sports, but some of these situations are getting ridiculous.  What do you guys think?