Clemson axes Mens XC and Track Teams

Clemson University to terminate men Track and Field programmes | SportsMax Zone - Nov 9, 2020

Mark Elliott (Clemson University Director of XC Track and Field) interviewed today on international television.

Insurance, Medical, Scholarship, Meal Plan will be maintained for all the athletes who remain at Clemson until the time they finish their undergraduate degrees.

Coaching staff (6 coaches and 1 director) will be reduced to 3 coaches in Fall 2021.

If the board of trustees allows for more female athlete opportunities, the men's XC / TF team may be saved and will be in compliance with Title IX US Federal Law.

uaaindahouse wrote:

https://clemsontigers.com/clemson-to-discontinue-mens-track-and-field-and-cross-country-program/

CLEMSON What a PATHETIC university.... Sport has no value unless you can make a profit from it huh? ... BOSTON COLLEGE also a PATHETIC ACC school decided to stop funding Mens Cross Country and Track..... Did I say LOSERS ??!!...... well that's what I am thinking..... Mens Cross Country and Track.... one of the few sports where an average athlete can suffer, sweat and train and achieve incredible results.... Abebe Bikila runs barefoot and wins the Olympic Marathon in Rome Italy in 1960, USA's Billy MIlls beats the unbeatable Aussie Ron Clarke in Olympic 10,000 meters in 1964. Jim Ryun achieves the Olympic team and dominance in the mile with world records as a 19 year old after being cut from the church league baseball team.... What now I should marvel over Trevor Lawrence or Etienne???!!! Steve Prefontaine, Galen Rupp, Mo Farah, so many iconic track athletes..... but CLEMSON and BC decide... Hell no they're not athletes.... none of them..... not deserving of any encouragement or support anymore??!! I'm looking forward to Notre Dame Football following up on their win over Clemson last Saturday by beating Boston College tomorrow...... Losers are always pretenders too

Very informative posts about a major issue: TITLE IX

1. It appears Clemson AD is not best for the program, based on those who know about him.

2. Clemson football is very profitable, so it is assumed that Clemson can fund many other sports.

TITLE IX does not prevent discrimination based on gender, in fact it discriminates against men, and this was intended by the members of Congress who passed it.

Using dollar values to measure gender discrimination is counter-intuitive.

3. Football should be exempt from TITLE IX, because there is no comparable women's sport. Especially since football is exceedingly profitable at many schools.

4. Men's and women's basketball are highly profitable (revenue sharing from March madness), at least at DIV I schools. Scholarships should be equal, and spending differences on the men's or women's team are not really issues that Congress should decide.

If are 20 men's scholarships for a sport that women also routinely compete in, there should be 20 women's scholarships in that sport, as well.

The NCAA can set up minimum scholarships for each sport (and maximum, if they so desire).

Except that women would not be able to access the money from football revenues, and outside of basketball, women have no sports that are profitable.

Track and field is profitable in the EU, and that is why the top athletes travel to the EU to compete in the big meets. EU football (soccer) is extremely profitable, and attempts to set up leagues for tackle football in the EU have met with little success.

Almost 50 years of PEDs has ruined track and field, and diminished fan interest.

Media in other countries show the T&F events in their entirety.

Not in the USA, where anything over a mile has a TV commercial break or some interruption, so that the typical viewer loses interest in the event, rather than being drawn into the excitement of whether to go out fast and risk struggling at the end, or to sit and kick.

So, I think Clemson's actions may result in a review of TITLE IX, otherwise in 5-6 years don't expect the USA men have a strong and deep team in the Olympics or T&F World Championships, except in sprints.

Honestly it sucks. I feel for them but man up. I'm sure your scholarship will be honored or you could transfer schools.

The fact is we're in d*mn global pandemic so they money isn't flowing per usual. You're sport" makes no money. In fact it costs tens of thousands just to have your "sport". Cross country programs aren't the only things being cut. It's tough times. It is what it is.

Get some boosters. Ya know some of the ones giving the football players hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It is what it is.

ERAB wrote:

TITLE IX does not prevent discrimination based on gender, in fact it discriminates against men, and this was intended by the members of Congress who passed it.

Title IX doesn't -- CAN'T -- discriminate. Period.