Title IX. Maine would have to fund 63 male scholarships in other programs in order to not cut a women's sport. There is no other combination of programs that would lose less money than football does. Every other option is a non-revenue sport. You're talking about millions of dollars in lost gifts to the University if they were to drop football.
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UMaine 25-26: Marques My Word: Back to the Big Time
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Title IX. Maine would have to fund 63 male scholarships in other programs in order to not cut a women's sport. There is no other combination of programs that would lose less money than football does. Every other option is a non-revenue sport. You're talking about millions of dollars in lost gifts to the University if they were to drop football.
FYI Vegas has Wisco at +2500 and Dartmouth at +15000 odds of winning the NCAAs. For reference, Maine is still at +2000. If they make the tournament I would expect a $1000+ cash out offer on a $100 Dartmouth bet placed now. Pretty insane odds
Great way for Athletics Dept. to build that very topical NIL slush fund
Great way for Athletics Dept. to build that very topical NIL slush fund
AMC
Registered User
Title IX can be satisfied multiple ways, one of which is equal scholarship opportunities. Others include equal expenditures. Maine could add men's soccer (hey look a new facility that can house them!) and toss some scholarships at the non-scholarship track/XC programs, and even the rest out by spending more on existing men's sports. Also, I'm not aware that there has ever been a "reverse" title IX lawsuit that saw success. Women are the protected class there.
Yes, there are some deep pocketed football donors and that would sting. I'm not sure their support is keeping that program above water. I also get the sense that most of those guys are pretty old, so that problem may solve itself.
I'm resigned to football being an anchor around Maine's athletic program but I do have a vague hope that Maine and the other New England/NY CAA north schools could downshift into a regional cost saving league that could be shifted to sports that could win NCAA championships at the highest level.
Sparkee
Blackbear
Oh my word, optimistic Drew might actually be coming back out of hibernation. There was a time when you were the most optimistic Maine fan on here. But last 5 years you’ve been pessimistic Drew only coming out when Maine does poorly. Is this Drew on a high due to Maine being at a low? Or is the old optimistic Drew coming back? Time will tell. If Maine wins tonight and Drew goes dormant again then we will know.
umhockey91
Well-known member
Maine wins 2-1 with Rousseau and loses 4-2 with Boija.