Baseball: "A victim of Title IX"

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2012-03-16 03:24

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'Baseball is included in that count. Wisconsin scrapped its program entirely, and Cal-Berkeley committed to discarding its program in 2010 before fundraising raised enough to keep it afloat.

“Women didn’t want to kill men’s sports, they just wanted it to be equal,” said former LSU athletic director and baseball coach Skip Bertman. “I think baseball is pretty much a victim of Title IX.”

The NCAA mandates a roster limit for each team, allowing only 35 players.

Just 27 are allowed to receive any sort of scholarship.

“You can’t even cover a full backup spot,” said former LSU first baseman Blake Dean. “You need at least a full 18 scholarships. … You could field two full teams with 18 scholarships. That would be a little more reasonable.”'

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