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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are three main reasons why some major universities such as Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida, Arizona, Purdue, Illinois, etc do not have men's soccer.

1.) Title IX:  A law that requires the same number of women's athletic scholarships as men's at each institution. This was meant to level the playing field, and while people are free to bemoan this - it being implemented decades ago is a major reason why the US Women's Soccer program, US basketball teams, etc have excelled on the world stage.
2.) American Football: Because there are a limited number of scholarships, funds, and allotments per Title IX - a large chunk of the funding goes to football. Most football rosters have 50-plus players and well over half of those are on significant scholarship, particularly at a major university. Because everything is a business, this is unlikely to change as long as 60,000 seat stadiums are getting sold out throughout the fall and much of the winter.
3.) Marketing and Revenue: Soccer doesn't make money. They don't sell many tickets or any merchandise. I am on the belief that could change with the right marketing and structure. It is unlikely to do so in the next decade or so. Alot of people can tell you who made the basketball or football final 4 last year. Safe to say only the hard core enthusiast can tell you about soccer. It's a shame, and kids should be watching more college soccer. With a basic ESPN subscription almost every men's and women's game is available to watch live or on demand.[/quote]

Undoubtedly Title IX helped the US women on the international stage (sadly it was also illegal for women to play in many countries).

But isn’t it time to level up the men’s side?  Surely the universities need to be part of that.[/quote]

Good luck arguing for men anything in this era of grrrl power.  [/quote]

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