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The presumption is some of these schools would start programs.  Would good LAX players be interested in the challenge of being charter D1 athletes at these schools to get them competitive quickly?

Hence the question.  I know they don't have programs now.[/quote]

When Michigan became a Division 1 lacrosse program 2 years ago, it was the first BCS school in 31 years to start a D1 lacrosse program.  31 years.

Title IX is certainly a factor (and it has nothing to do with the school playing football, as someone later noted), but there are other ones as well.  A big reason why the B10 brought in Johns Hopkins as a lacrosse-only member is because bringing in Rutgers and Maryland only gets the B10 (who already have Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State) to five.  You need six schools in a league to have an automatic qualifier, so rather than wait for MSU or someone else to start a program, it made a lot more sense to woo Johns Hopkins.

In other words, you cannot assume a school like Wisconsin is going to start a D1 lacrosse program any time soon.[/quote]

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