I was looking at the NCAA statistics and found that when a school gets rid of Track and replaces it with Lacrosse they are actually taking away opportunities for minorities, has this argument ever been made with administrations? ( it is easier to read if you copy and paste the data into excel)
Sport White Black American Indian/Alaskan Native Asian Hispanic/Latino Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Two or More Races Nonresident Alien Other Total
2011-12 M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W
Lacrosse 9619 7480 291 236 38 16 95 106 162 176 6 11 67 100 189 48 436 309 10903 8482
88% 88% 3% 3% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1% 2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% 1% 4% 4%
2011-12 M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W
Track, Outdoor 17178 17367 5708 5347 97 98 371 331 1205 1070 39 85 439 498 632 653 793 799 26462 26248
65% 66% 22% 20% 0% 0% 1% 1% 5% 4% 0% 0% 2% 2% 2% 2% 3% 3%
2010-11 M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W
Track, Outdoor 17309 16814 5473 5299 79 93 366 305 1151 970 26 55 349 398 622 628 743 733 26118 25295
66% 66% 21% 21% 0% 0% 1% 1% 4% 4% 0% 0% 1% 2% 2% 2% 3% 3%
2010-11 M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W
Lacrosse 9208 7196 236 181 41 17 80 98 183 150 8 7 56 79 146 44 466 296 10424 8068
88% 89% 2% 2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% 2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 4% 4%
2009-10 M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W
Track, Outdoor 17091 16323 5589 5244 74 91 409 332 1066 927 28 36 216 219 861 856 25334 24028
67% 68% 22% 22% 0% 0% 2% 1% 4% 4% 0% 0% 1% 1% 3% 4%
M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W M W
Lacrosse 8997 6957 216 183 29 11 79 87 154 135 6 9 39 46 324 255 9844 7683
91% 91% 2% 2% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% 2% 0% 0% 0% 1% 3% 3%