Wake is not adding any varsity sports.
Nobody wants to play lacrosse on astroturf and field hockey won't play on field turf or natural grassI’m not sure how much they can actually help when conference shakeup happens. They are inevitably revenue negative at a school like Wake which means less money to spend on sports that generate TV revenue. We also have some real facilities limitations for Softball. Where do you put the field? I think you could add Lax to Kentner, but that obviously doesn’t balance Title 9.
Title IX compliance would be the only incentive for WF to ever add a sport as the bottom line is hugely important to WF, and there is some truth that rather than half-ass it with a number of sports, WF tries to provide the budget to compete at a high-level in the few sports that WF offers. So far, WF has been able to stay out of Title IX compliance cross-hairs, even though WF offers far more schollys to men then women, because football offers 85 and there is no female equivalent sport. If Title IX became a hot button issue in the future to the point that WF would need to have more girls on scholarship, I would expect softball would the be the addition as WF already offers baseball, and softball facility can be tiny as he field dimensions are equivalent to a little league field. I don't see WF adding lacrosse (maybe WF would have a women's only team like Vandy) because the rosters are big, and there are major facility needs to play.
My understanding is that football is kind of disregarded when it comes to Title IX compliance since there is no equivalent women's sports. The powers that be focus on equality between all the other sports.
My understanding is that football is kind of disregarded when it comes to Title IX compliance since there is no equivalent women's sports. The powers that be focus on equality between all the other sports.