Title IX, budget cuts claimed Michigan State men's lacrosse, men's gymnastics more than a decade ago

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'More than a decade later, the dismissal of two men’s sports programs at Michigan State still stings to those involved.

Men’s lacrosse and men’s gymnastics were the last two sports programs cut at MSU — both deemed a necessity for the school to get compliant federal Title IX regulations. Lacrosse was cut following the 1996 season, while gymnastics followed in 2001.

“It’s a heartbreaker,” said former MSU men’s gymnastics coach George Szypula, who coached the team from its beginning in 1947 to 1988. “Title IX has been good for the ladies to a point and it’s helped them, but it’s been hurting the men’s programs. We’ve dropped a lot of men’s college programs in wrestling, gymnastics, swimming just to comply with Title IX.”'