Men’s college track threatened in budget-strapped DI athletic departments

OregonLive: The news hit Ben Blankenship earlier this month with the force of an airborne, 18-pound shot.

The University of Minnesota was responding to the coronavirus pandemic and resulting a $75 million athletic department budget deficit by cutting several men’s sports, among them track and field.

Men’s college track is being threatened in budget-strapped Division I athletic departments

The sport is trapped between gender-equity law and a pandemic throttling the revenue stream.

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