Brown University will cut 11 of its varsity sports

[PlayerRep]

"Men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s golf, women’s skiing, men’s and women’s squash, women’s equestrian, men’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field and men’s cross country will all transition to club status. Women’s sailing and coed sailing will transition from club to varsity status."

"Brown sponsored 38 varsity teams during the 2019-20 academic year, involving almost 900 students. Only Harvard and Stanford sponsored more varsity teams than Brown prior to Thursday’s cuts."

https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20200528/brown-university-will-cut-11-of-its-varsity-sports

 

[kemajic]

Of course; women’s sailing and coed sailing are far more important than track and field. The Ivy elites at work again.

 

[GrizGuy]

"Men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s golf, women’s skiing, men’s and women’s squash, women’s equestrian, men’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field and men’s cross country will all transition to club status. Women’s sailing and coed sailing will transition from club to varsity status."

"Brown sponsored 38 varsity teams during the 2019-20 academic year, involving almost 900 students. Only Harvard and Stanford sponsored more varsity teams than Brown prior to Thursday’s cuts."

https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20200528/brown-university-will-cut-11-of-its-varsity-sports

Sad and wrong-headed. They should cut football. Seriously. The other sports are life-long pursuits for the most part. Seems more in line with Brown's mission.

 

[EverettGriz]

Of course; women’s sailing and coed sailing are far more important than track and field. The Ivy elites at work again.

Obviously the reason for the decision is less about importance and more about finances. There are a lot of scholarships involved in T&F.

 

[UncleRico]

"Men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s golf, women’s skiing, men’s and women’s squash, women’s equestrian, men’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field and men’s cross country will all transition to club status. Women’s sailing and coed sailing will transition from club to varsity status."

"Brown sponsored 38 varsity teams during the 2019-20 academic year, involving almost 900 students. Only Harvard and Stanford sponsored more varsity teams than Brown prior to Thursday’s cuts."

https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20200528/brown-university-will-cut-11-of-its-varsity-sports

I think we will see this across the country which is very unfortunate. A lot of these kids have a love of their sport as much as the money making sports. I understand it probably has to happen financially but I have always been a big supporter of high school and college athletics because it makes young people better. They learn to work with others for a common goal, discipline, goal setting etc.. So many of our leaders in industry, academics and politics were college athletes of some kind. So that being said I think high school and college athletics are important..for us all.

 

[PlayerRep]

Of course; women’s sailing and coed sailing are far more important than track and field. The Ivy elites at work again.

Obviously the reason for the decision is less about importance and more about finances. There are a lot of scholarships involved in T&F.

You are probably partially right on finances,
but the Ivies don’t have athletic scholarships. So it would mainly be the cost of the sport, not an athletic scholarship. I suppose the decision may have something to do with getting rid of the probably few admissions “slots” given to track coaches for qualified top performers. Track probably doesn’t have many. The rest of the track kids would have gotten accepted on their own. Each, or most, Ivy sports get a limited number of admit slots. The academic requirement is still fairly high, but not as high as the higher end of each class. Football gets the most. It may be 30. Some profs don’t like the athletic or other slots.