Cutting collegiate sports saves a buck, but costly to schools, athletes

USA TODAY Sports: Panic has set in on many American college campuses in the midst of the pandemic, and athletic departments, having completely sold their souls to their football programs, are taking out their frustration on a most unusual series of targets: their swimmers, their gymnasts, their runners, their volleyball players.

Trying to save a buck in difficult financial times, athletic directors around the nation are slashing their men’s and women’s Olympic sports rather than asking their football programs to go without, say, a third-string punter or new carpet in the weight room.

Opinion: Cutting collegiate sports saves a buck, but costly to schools, athletes

Athletic directors across the country are slashing their men's and women's Olympic sports, but athletes and alumni at some schools are pushing back.

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