Originally Posted by Anonymous
What is the issue with Manhattan College? Why Doesn't Fordham University have lacrosse?


Something called Title XV that says schools must offer same amount of opportunity to men and women college athletes. IMO it is BS. It should be equal amount of teams, not based on headcount. If you offer 10 women's teams, offer 10 men's sports. Fordham offers FCS football so that is 65 male slots. Now you have to offer women same so you wind up with more sports for women because now you have to have 2-3 teams/sports to match that 65. This is the issue why many schools that offer football don't offer men's lacrosse. If they are a FBS football program they have to match 85 male slots.

As far as Manhattan, school admin didn't support lax too much in the past, but hired young, hungry staff and offered more scholarship funding so hopefully things will change in near future.