Reply #37: Good post.

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But i never like to use the argument that women's sports don't generate any money. While true, it wrongly frames the debate as a gender or Title IX issue. The truth is like I said in my other post, outside of football and men's basketball all other MENS SPORTS also lose money. For instance, men's track and field loses money just like women's basketball does. I have never come across one men's college baseball team in the country that generated money. College baseball and Women's softball are in the same boat.


The issue is football and men's basketball verse EVERYTHING ELSE. All women's sports and the overwhelming majority of mens sports don't generate revenue and would have difficulty even fielding teams without the cash from football.


What will be interesting to see is if the U.Conn women's basketball team could became a self sustaining sports program. So far they are not, but at this point they might be close. While sports is generally not a well researched topic on this board, if the UConn women's basketball program could become self sustaining, that would be a monumental achievement for women's sports. This would be the first time ever for a major women's college program. And it would represent social change in the right direction.