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NCAA Division I schools must offer at least six men's and six women's championship sports. Each year, the NCAA provides revenue-sharing funds based upon the number of teams in excess of 12. According to NCAA records for 1991-92, Brown was tied for second place in the number of sports offered. Of the 292 schools which participated in Division I sports, only Harvard offered more NCAA championship sports than Brown.*
Top 10 Selected National Comparisons
Harvard 30 Alabama 18 Syracuse 16
Brown 28 UCLA 23 Texas A-M 20
Boston College 28 Georgetown 19 Tulane 15
Cornell 28 Kentucky 14 UNLV 12
Penn State 28 Miami (FL) 16 Vanderbilt 15
Princeton 28 Nebraska 21 Villanova 24
Yale 28 Notre Dame 25 Washington 19
Dartmouth 27 Prov. Coll. 20
Michigan State 27 Purdue 18
Ohio State 27 So. Cal. 17
Rutgers 27 Stanford 25
* The NCAA does not offer national championships for all varsity sports.
Although Brown fielded 31 intercollegiatevarsity teams at the time,
the NCAA offered national championships for only 28. Data were
reported in a memorandum from NCAA Executive Director Richard
D.Schultz to CEOs of Selected Division I Institutions, August 14, 1992.
University-Funded 1994-95 University-Funded 1994-95 Women's Teams Players Men's Teams Players Basketball 12 Baseball 28 Crew 47 Basketball 16 Cross Country 17 Crew 54 Field Hockey 31 Cross Country 27 Gymnastics 12 Football 80 Ice Hockey 18 Ice Hockey 31 Lacrosse 34 Lacrosse 43 Soccer 25 Soccer 26 Softball 12 Swimming and Diving 13 Squash 13 Tennis 11 Swimming and Diving 23 Track (two teams)*** 58 Tennis 10 Wrestling 27 Track (two teams)*** 46 Volleyball 11 University-Funded Men 414 University-Funded Women 311
Donor-Funded 1994-95 Donor-Funded 1994-95 Women's Teams Players Men's Teams Players Fencing 11 Fencing 19 Golf 1 Golf 9 Skiing 15 Squash 11 Water Polo 21 Donor-Funded Women 27 Donor-Funded Men 60
TOTAL Women's Varsity 338 TOTAL Men's Varsity 474 (41.6%) (58.4%)
Other Intercollegiate 1994-95 Other Intercollegiate 1994-95 Women's Teams Players Men's Teams Players Sailing 35 Sailing 35 Soccer Club 20 Water Polo 15 **According to the testimony of coaches as represented in Brown's post-trial memorandum, Tab A. Numbers of squad members for 1994-95 are taken from trial testimony. Where a coach did not testify, the number is drawn from initial squad lists after first deletions. (Figures submitted as part of Brown's post-trial memorandum.)***Indoor and outdoor track are often counted as separate teams but generally have the same squads.
Women's Year Men's1869 Baseball 1878 Football 1879 Outdoor Track 1897 Ice Hockey 1900 Basketball 1905 Swimming 1912 Indoor Track 1921 Cross-Country 1922 Wrestling 1925 Golf* 1926 Lacrosse 1926 Soccer 1927 Tennis 1961 Crew Ice Hockey** 1967
1971 (Brown and Pembroke College Merge)
Tennis 1972 Basketball 1973 Crew 1973 Field Hockey 1973 Gymnastics 1974 Squash 1974 Swimming 1974 Volleyball 1974 Water Polo Cross Country 1975 Lacrosse 1975 Soccer 1975 Softball 1975 Outdoor Track 1978 Fencing 1980 Fencing Indoor Track 1982 1989 Squash Golf* 1993 Skiing 1994 *Brown's golf team is now a single co-ed squad. **Brown established the nation's first women's ice hockey team. The Bears were organized in 1964 and became a varsity sport in 1967, before the Brown-Pembroke merger.
President Gregorian announced an immediate moratorium on new hiring and directed that all departments throughout the University would cut their budgets to stave off the deficit. (There would be only two exceptions: The scholarship aid budget and the library acquisitions budget were exempt from cuts.)
The cuts affected approximately 60 athletes in roughly the same male-to-female ratio as for all Brown varsity athletes at the time: 60-40. The University continued to honor existing contracts for coaches of the teams.
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