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>> In it's infinite wisdom, the Big Ten Athletic Conference is considering
>> passing a resolution calling for 40% of each school's varsity athletes
>> to be female.  This may have little or no effect on the hockey programs
>> (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State), but still...why?  Some schools
 
Err, there's a varsity hockey program at Wisconsin and Minnesota too,
BTW :-) I wonder, though, would this have _any_ effect at all on hockey,
since hockey isn't a Big10 sport?
 
This doesn't seem so bad.  It'll keep cut-happy schools like Wisconsin
from dropping their promising women's athletic programs just because
they don't draw big crowds.  As the Wisconsin women's volleyball team
showed a couple years back, when you do well, the crowds come and the
athletic dept makes money.
 
I agree with another comment -- why not make it a percentage equal to
the number of female undergrads?
 
dave