OT: Permanent College Closing Tracker

[SW_Mustang]

https://www.redandblack.com/sports/p...27230b725.html

I lived in Athens most of my adult life and try to keep up with UGA and local news.

2,000 for a club hockey game in Georgia is impressive. I didn't realize the town was building it, thanks for the heads-up.

[SW_Mustang]

As expected, there is a grassroots effort to save the UAH hockey team. As of posting this, the fundraiser began 14 hours ago and has close to $70,000 of support, although they have a long way to go and according to the description - not a lot of time...

https://www.gofundme.com/f/uah-hocke...radition-alive

[sbkbghockey]

As expected, there is a grassroots effort to save the UAH hockey team. As of posting this, the fundraiser began 14 hours ago and has close to $70,000 of support, although they have a long way to go and according to the description - not a lot of time...

https://www.gofundme.com/f/uah-hocke...radition-alive

COVID19 I'm sure accelerated UAH's decision but this program has been underfunded and on the ropes (along with the Alaska schools) for some years now. Especially since those three were left out of the new CCHA, the days of UAH playing varsity hockey was probably numbered anyway. ASU is fine being indy because the school has deep resources and prominent teams the upper midwest and northeast like traveling to the desert in the middle of winter. Extended time without a conference for UAH would just add to the travel budget for a program already underfunded.

[SW_Mustang]

COVID19 I'm sure accelerated UAH's decision but this program has been underfunded and on the ropes (along with the Alaska schools) for some years now. Especially since those three were left out of the new CCHA, the days of UAH playing varsity hockey was probably numbered anyway. ASU is fine being indy because the school has deep resources and prominent teams the upper midwest and northeast like traveling to the desert in the middle of winter. Extended time without a conference for UAH would just add to the travel budget for a program already underfunded.

Yeah. It's probably too little too late without some major donors and a shift in support.

[wscsuperfan]

Appalachian State has announced today that they are dropping men's soccer, men's tennis and men's indoor track & field.

The full list of Division I sport cancellations is as follows:

Akron
Men's Cross Country
Men's Golf
Women's Tennis

Alabama-Huntsville
Men's Ice Hockey

Appalachian State
Men's Soccer
Men's Tennis
Men's Indoor Track & Field

Bowling Green
Baseball

Brown
Men's Cross Country
Men's Fencing
Men's Golf
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Men's Squash
Women's Equestrian
Women's Fencing
Women's Golf
Women's Skiing
Women's Squash

Central Michigan
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Cincinnati
Men's Soccer

East Carolina
Men's Swimming & Diving
Men's Tennis
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Tennis

Florida International
Men's Indoor Track & Field

Furman
Baseball
Men's Lacrosse

Old Dominion
Wrestling

Wisconsin-Green Bay
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis

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Division II eliminations:

Alabama-Huntsville
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis

Fayetteville State
Women's Tennis

Florida Tech
Football

Notre Dame de Namur
Men's Basketball
Men's Cross Country
Men's Golf
Men's Lacrosse
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Men's Soccer
Women's Basketball
Women's Cross Country
Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Women's Soccer
Softball
Women's Volleyball

Rollins
Men's Cross Country
Women's Cross Country

Sonoma State
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
Women's Water Polo

St. Edward's
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Men's Tennis
Women's Cheer
Women's Golf
Women's Tennis

Tiffin
Men's Swimming & Diving
Women's Swimming & Diving

Urbana
Baseball
Men's Basketball
Men's Cross Country
Football
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Men's Swimming & Diving
Men's Volleyball
Wrestling
Women's Acrobatics & Tumbling
Women's Basketball
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Women's Lacrosse
Women's Soccer
Softball
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Volleyball
Women's Water Polo

[wscsuperfan]

UConn is expected to eliminate multiple sports within the next month.

[SW_Mustang]

Tiffin cut swimming and diving, as well as equestrian back in early May.

https://swimswam.com/ncaa-division-i...ming-programs/

[Tech Boys]

Disappointing that 17 of the 21 D1 sports listed are men's sports. There was a thread on another board about the ability of smaller schools to be able to avoid dropping sports; but it seems they should have been more concerned with the D1 schools as there has been more D1 schools than D2 schools dropping sports. The Central Michigan cuts makes them non-compliant with D1 requirements.

Minor notes on Urbana; men's volleyball should be listed with the D1 schools, women's water polo is a D1 sport but this team was not scheduled to begin competition until the Spring 2021 season, and acrobatics & tumbling is not a NCAA sport yet.

It's not all bad. Mississippi College announced on May 11 the addition of women's golf, set to begin in Fall 2020.

[RedFromMI]

Acrobatics and Tumbling is in the process of becoming and NCAA sport, however. In late January both DII and DIII voted to give it emerging sport status. Due to COVID-19, the planned vote in April for DI did not happen, but the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics recommended that DI approve before the effective date of August 1 this year, and if they cannot by then consider it for the next year.

[Inkblot]

https://cacsports.com/general/2019-2...20200420cw0nca)

[SW_Mustang]

-Appalachian State drops men's soccer, tennis, and indoor T/F.

-Purdue approves plan to move forward with on-campus instruction.

[Horror Child]

Disappointing that 17 of the 21 D1 sports listed are men's sports. There was a thread on another board about the ability of smaller schools to be able to avoid dropping sports; but it seems they should have been more concerned with the D1 schools as there has been more D1 schools than D2 schools dropping sports. The Central Michigan cuts makes them non-compliant with D1 requirements.

Minor notes on Urbana; men's volleyball should be listed with the D1 schools, women's water polo is a D1 sport but this team was not scheduled to begin competition until the Spring 2021 season, and acrobatics & tumbling is not a NCAA sport yet.

It's not all bad. Mississippi College announced on May 11 the addition of women's golf, set to begin in Fall 2020.

I was going to comment that the D1 financial cuts have a certain Title IX odor to them. Rather than pouring resources into creating more athletic opportunities for females, schools could do more to recruit more male students. Not too PC though.

[Tech Boys]

Another sport being added. Future D2 member D'Youville posted a job opening on May 26 on the NCAA market for a men's lacrosse coach. It does not state when they intend to begin competition.

[ccmoney8]

Another sport being added. Future D2 member D'Youville posted a job opening on May 26 on the NCAA market for a men's lacrosse coach. It does not state when they intend to begin competition.

D'Youville Lacrosse sounds like a Dr. Seuss character

[Mk63NuclearBomb]

Brown University is dropping 10 varsity sports and elevating coed and women's sailing clubs

https://brownbears.com/news/2020/5/2...athletics.aspx

Dropping: Men's and women's fencing, golf, squash, men's track and XC, and women's skiing and equestrian