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Programs in precarious position

By Graham Watson
ESPN.com

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

When the NCAA's annual Sports Participation Report is released in the fall, the association expects to report that more than 100 teams were dropped in the past year, bringing the two-year total of dropped teams since the economic crisis began in the winter of 2007 to more than 227 teams. Although the NCAA doesn't keep track of which schools dropped programs for financial reasons, it's safe to assume that the economic crisis is weighing heavily on all facets of collegiate sports. Across the bo ...

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