"A gap in resources widened by the coronavirus pandemic is leading Stanford University to cut 11 varsity sports from the school’s athletics program in 2021, the school announced Wednesday.
The school says because of the costs associated with running 36 varsity sports teams, the athletics program has been carrying an economic deficit for years – and the pandemic exacerbated the financial burden.
The Cardinal sports teams to be eliminated are men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling." …
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/us/stanford-varsity-spt-trnd/index.html