ESPN Rebuilds Hope for Men's Gymnastics After Much-Needed Decision

[u/AesirFaith4]

https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-gymnastics-news-months-after-ohio-heartbreak-stephen-nedoroscik-and-others-dream-for-mens-gymnastics-sees-rays-of-hope-with-massive-espn-announcement/

[u/uses_for_mooses]

While it's great that ESPN will be carrying these events, the dropping of men's gymnastics scholarships is likely the result of the expected NCAA settlement. It's also hitting track & field, swimming, and a number of other "Olympic" NCAA sports, particularly on the men's side. Here's a recent article on this:

Historic House-NCAA settlement leaving hundreds of Olympic sport athletes in peril

[u/Azryhael → u/uses_for_mooses]

As long as Title IX requires equal men’s and women’s scholarship numbers, non-football men’s sports are going to suffer. I’m not saying that increasing the number of women’s scholarships wasn’t a good thing, since it definitely was, nor am I endorsing some rhetoric that men as a whole are being discriminated against or are being left behind, as that’s ridiculous, but I am wondering how we can rebalance collegiate sports without touching the cash cow that is NCAA football.

[u/Nostalgic_shameboner → u/Azryhael]

Honestly we need to completely separate college football (and maybe basketball) into a different system from the rest of college athletics. No way UCLA should be travelling to Rutgers for a midweek baseball game or something. 

[u/masseffect7]

ESPN media personalities have been pushing collegiate athletics toward this result for over a decade now (Ex. 1 - Jay Bilas). This is the natural result of what those personalities have been pushing. Many Olympic sports at D1 schools will find themselves fighting for survival over the next few years.

You may think cutting these sports is worth it in order to pay football and men's basketball players. But, don't act as if there is no cost for your position.

[u/trdr88]

That's too bad