I'm hearing that we may add Women's Lacrosse and Field Hockey next year. If that's the case, that may solve the Title lX problem. -- FORDHAM RAMS FOOTBALL FORUM

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Subject: I'm hearing that we may add Women's Lacrosse and Field Hockey next year. If that's the case, that may solve the Title lX problem.

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Date Posted: 09:39:22 12/01/04 Wed
In reply to: J�Dete93 's message, "Our expenses are very close to villanova as well and they compete just fine. Richmond is not that far off either. We are spending more than northeastern, w&m and jmu. And we are spending more than those schools to play "non-scholarship" football. The reason we are not moving to scholarship football is not b/c it would increase our football expenses, it is b/c it would increase our overall athletic expenses. In other words it is a Title IX issue." on 09:27:17 12/01/04 Wed

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I say this without knowing any of the facts, but if we are looking to add 2 women's sports it is either b/c we need them b/c we are not currently in compliance with Title IX or we are doing it to be set and ready to move to scholarship football. As much as most of us probably hope it is the latter, it unfortunately is most likely the former. (NT) J�Dete93 10:12:28 12/01/04 Wed

I agree those are two very possible reasons, but it really could be that the university feels we now have the facilities and demand for either of those two sports, and that offering them would make us more competitive with certain other schools who already have them. I look at the lockerroom, fieldturf, lights, and possible visitors stands as being more suggestive of a possible upgrade to scholarship football than the consideration of two additional women's sports (especially given the m-f ratios). (NT) -- DamnRam, 13:06:07 12/01/04 Wed

I sort of doubt that we would be adding two sports for the reasons you mention. (more inside) -- J�Dete93, 16:04:15 12/01/04 Wed