<p>Really disheartening news. Just saw Youtube link that showed the announcement with athletes crying in background upon learning that their sport is being cut as of next year. What do they do now, and would they be able to get a scholarship at this late date at another school? My D is being recruited for XC/TF by Temple. Have to really look closely at the different programs. Would be so stressful and heartbreaking to go through something like this.</p>
<p>I know, but still sad for the ones whose sport did get cut. Just an awful situation and pray that it works out for them as far as transferring to different schools or staying but without playing their sports. Cross country is usually the one sport that doesn’t get cut, men or women.</p>
<p>It looks like Temple if moving towards the minimum number of teams allowed in D1 … from Wikipedia “All D-I schools must field teams in at least seven sports for men and seven for women or six for men and eight for women, with at least two team sports for each gender.” … or to be cynical; moving to the the football/basketball centric model.</p>
<p>The is the same trend as in healthcare: wasteful spending has creeped up over time and is now crowding out previously normal expenditures. What a shame. We all suffer as a result.</p>
<p>It does seem to be the norm right now to cut Mens T&F while leaving the Mens XC team going. The reason i beleive for this is: as as long as there is a Womens XC and T&F teams to throw an additional 10 men on a bus has no cost impact. My S was being recuited by Coastal Carolina when they cut the entire T&F program. (damm he was talking decent $$ and with the academic $$$ it would have been reeeeeeallllllly nice) He decided on a D1 school that only runs Mens XC, they are permitted to run 6 unofficial events during the indoor or outdoor track season, so they do train year around</p>
<p>Must have been a shock to everyone. Just last week my kid2 (junior) was contacted for recruitment by Temple for her sport which is on the cut list.</p>
<p>With all this re-alignment these school that have chased the athletic dollars forgot that natural local rivalries are more important than dollars…</p>
<p>the travel cost alone don’t help </p>
<p>for any of the schools cutting sports it might an opportunity to add a lesser sport where joint participation works.</p>
<p>My D will be attending Temple in the Fall. Her sport has not been cut, but her sport will be greatly impacted by the cut sports. The students are all a family and they all feel the pain of these cuts.</p>
<p>When a sport is cut from a school, the athletes are allowed to transfer without penalty (sometimes they are required to sit out a year). Generally these athletes are highly recruited as the coaches don’t need to wonder “if they can play at that level.” It is still very disruptive for the athlete. </p>
<p>Everyone above has it pretty much correct; these sports are cut because athletic departments are trying to keep a fully funded football and men’s basketball program. Men’s sports are cut over women’s because the schools need to remain Title IX complaint. </p>