Reduction in Scholarship Maximum?

[1stRowFANatic]

Re: Reduction in Scholarship Maximum?

I can not imagine the NCAA giving any type of discretion to its members.

[BTownJack]

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It depends on what you are talking about. If you are talking about scholarship maxiumums then that is the NCAA's call...if you are talking about where the money would go if those scholarships are reduced, then that would be up to the institution.

[JacksFanatic]

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As I understand it, the NCAA sets the maximum scholarships per sport but the institution determines the number of scholarships it will fund per sport not to exceed the NCAA maximums. The critical issue for the institution is compliance with Title IX.

[1stRowFANatic]

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I meant letting the institution decide which sport to bump up by one. Of course if they could, the NCAA would regulate the other also.

[Jacks#1Fan]

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I meant letting the institution decide which sport to bump up by one. Of course if they could, the NCAA would regulate the other also.

Have to believe if the NCAA decides to move the max from 15 to 13 for women's basketball, it will raise the maximum by one for two other sports. Maximums are set to assure schools can't load up in any one sport...wouldn't make sense to me to let schools decide for themselves which "maximums" they are going to exceed.

[joeboo22]

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As I understand it, the NCAA sets the maximum scholarships per sport but the institution determines the number of scholarships it will fund per sport not to exceed the NCAA maximums. The critical issue for the institution is compliance with Title IX.

Title nine says that a school must offer the same amount of scholarship money for womens athletics as they do for mens athletics... Its generally not a big deal at a D-I college because you have a lot of sports to add woman scholarships (Track is generally a big one) but at a NAIA college like where I am at they just quite programs like Baseball and add ones like softball.

[1stRowFANatic]

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I wish there was a "tongue-in-cheek" emoticon.

[EQguy]

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I guess my point of speculation was to see if there was any ideas on where the 2 scholarships would go. I was trying to gain some insight into what women's sports that the NCAA was looking to expand.

[Hammersmith]

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I guess my point of speculation was to see if there was any ideas on where the 2 scholarships would go. I was trying to gain some insight into what women's sports that the NCAA was looking to expand.

I would guess soccer and volleyball. Both are played at most DI schools and both suffer from high rates of ACL injuries. Female ACL injuries are only now being recognized as being different than men's. The physical structure is more prone to damage and this is compounded by different jumping styles. Men tend to land bowlegged while women tend to land knock-kneed. This puts a greater stress on the ligaments. Sport coaches, as well as strength and conditioning coaches, are beginning to teach female athletes to use their bodies in ways that are less stressful, but it's not universal and it's hard to overcome over a decade of habits.

BTW, Title IX does not say that a school must offer the same amount of scholarship money for womens athletics as they do for mens athletics. There are three prongs to the Title IX test. Only one prong of the three must be satisfied, although most choose the first because it's the most defensible during a lawsuit. I realize your Board of Regents tied your hands by forcing you to satisfy all three. NDSU uses the third prong, though I expect we'll move to the first before 2010.

Prong one - Providing athletic opportunities that are substantially proportionate to the student enrollment, OR
Prong two - Demonstrate a continual expansion of athletic opportunities for the underrepresented gender, OR
Prong three - Full and effective accommodation of the interest and ability of underrepresented gender.