Seven MAC schools have now dropped mens' track and field and two of those XC as well. Those that kept XC (at least their foot is still in the door) evidentally don't realize that XC will never be any good without track. BG and Toledo are now always last and next to last in MAC XC. The conference has been ruined in wrestling, swimming, track, etc. by the unscrupulous acts of various AD's, trying to show that they were cutting costs, by dropping things like that, when, in reality, they were escalating FB expenditures in the hopeless quest to be big-time in FB. They even subsidize three of the four bowl games they participated in. When the NCAA went to a 16 sport requirement, with at least six being in each gender, they basically sealed the fate of many Olympic sports. Can Buffalo be far behind OU in dropping of track? The remaining schools are all pretty good at track, EMU, CMU, Miami (outdoor only), Kent, Akron, but probably all are at risk, except Central Michigan, which is down to 16, of which six are M/W indoor, outdoor, XC. It is a sad state of affairs and they hide behind Title IX, but the issue really is money and the amount of it that they spend on MAC FB. Everyone should rise up on this issue. The minority people are having one of their three main sports taken away and the women enjoy having a male counterpart team at their school. Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, Toledo, Ball State, Western Michigan, Marshall (now gone from MAC), and now Ohio University make the TRACK HATERS HALL OF FAME, for what they have done. Perhaps their alumni should rise up and demand the firing of their Presidents and AD's. The WMU track alums played a big role in the recent demise of their former President, who was the one who dropped track & field and cross country in Dec. 2003. The Broncos had won 33 MAC titles and two NCAA titles, but she ignored that and dropped them anyway. Elmore Banton won the 1964 NCAA XC title and his team was 3rd. Bob Bertelson won the 1973 NCAA 6mile title. The Bobcats have had many great track & field and cross country athletes through the years. Banton was also their long-time coach, as was Stan Huntsman, who moved on to Tennessee and then Texas, and was also USA head Olympic track and field coach.