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September 2010, NCAA-Conferences
Cal Drops 4 Sports
In its latest move to cut costs, the University of California, Berkeley, announced plans Tuesday to eliminate four intercollegiate sports, including baseball, and end financial support of its championship men's rugby team. The other sports dropped were men's and women's gymnastics and women's lacrosse. Reducing the number of intercollegiate teams from 29 to 24 will save an estimated $4 million a year and affect 163 of the school's more than 800 student-athletes, as well as 13 full-time coaches.
UC Berkeley administrators said they decided on the cuts after considering a variety of factors, including cost, student diversity, impact on donations and compliance with Title IX, the federal law that requires schools to provide equal opportunities to male and female students in sports and other activities. To read more, click here.