Why are there so few men’s volleyball teams in college?

[Anonymous]

My DC loves volleyball and was considering playing in college - we were both shocked how few schools offer it. Maybe 20% of the schools that offer it for women have it as a men’s sport.

Do the schools just focus on lacrosse now for men?

[Anonymous]

They focus on what aluni are willing to drop money on.

[Anonymous]

Title 9

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

This. There has to be equal participation in sports at a university for men and women. Unfortunately, cheer isn't considered a sport. So you have men's football teams that have between 105 and 125 players. So you need an equal number of female sports participants in other sports. Men's volleyball isn't that popular and takes up male spots when colleges need to fill female spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

Is it that football is more expensive so they don’t offer men’s volleyball?

So far have seen schools offer one or two more sports for women.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Big_Red

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

Is it that football is more expensive so they don’t offer men’s volleyball?

So far have seen schools offer one or two more sports for women.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Big_Red

It has nothing to do with how expensive football is but it brings in more money via TV dollars and alumni donations. If men’s volleyball did that there would be more men’s volleyball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

Is it that football is more expensive so they don’t offer men’s volleyball?

So far have seen schools offer one or two more sports for women.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Big_Red

D1 football teams carry between 115 and 130 players. That means that just to offset football, you need 115-130 roster spaces in girls sports without a corresponding boys sport

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

Is it that football is more expensive so they don’t offer men’s volleyball?

So far have seen schools offer one or two more sports for women.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Big_Red

D1 football teams carry between 115 and 130 players. That means that just to offset football, you need 115-130 roster spaces in girls sports without a corresponding boys sport

So the problem is football not title 9

[Anonymous]

How many high schools have boys’ volleyball? I don’t think it’s that common.

[Anonymous]

Lists of men's programs:

https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-volleyball/colleges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_men%27s_volleyball_programs

Per the NCSA link ...

23 NCAA Division 1
25 NCAA Division 2
107 NCAA Division 3
43 NAIA
41 Junior College

[Anonymous]

And compare that to Women
D1 334
D2 298
D3 437
NAIA 220
JUCO 313
Other 2-year schools 1,802

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

This. There has to be equal participation in sports at a university for men and women. Unfortunately, cheer isn't considered a sport. So you have men's football teams that have between 105 and 125 players. So you need an equal number of female sports participants in other sports. Men's volleyball isn't that popular and takes up male spots when colleges need to fill female spots.

You want cheer to be a college sport??????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

This. There has to be equal participation in sports at a university for men and women. Unfortunately, cheer isn't considered a sport. So you have men's football teams that have between 105 and 125 players. So you need an equal number of female sports participants in other sports. Men's volleyball isn't that popular and takes up male spots when colleges need to fill female spots.

You want cheer to be a college sport??????

I'm shocked that it isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

This. There has to be equal participation in sports at a university for men and women. Unfortunately, cheer isn't considered a sport. So you have men's football teams that have between 105 and 125 players. So you need an equal number of female sports participants in other sports. Men's volleyball isn't that popular and takes up male spots when colleges need to fill female spots.

You want cheer to be a college sport??????

I'm shocked that it isn't.

Work in progress:
https://thecurrentga.org/2023/04/07/the-olympics-could-change-the-future-of-college-cheerleading

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title 9

This. There has to be equal participation in sports at a university for men and women. Unfortunately, cheer isn't considered a sport. So you have men's football teams that have between 105 and 125 players. So you need an equal number of female sports participants in other sports. Men's volleyball isn't that popular and takes up male spots when colleges need to fill female spots.

You want cheer to be a college sport??????

Lots of anti-title IX people want cheer to be a sport because it gives them another 50 girls to offset football. They think this means more sports for boys. In reality, it probably just means less for girls