Someone I know was very into mens volleyball. He became quit good at it. He had a 64 inch standing box jump. He was terribly disappointed when he found out that there are only five colleges in the entire country that financially support a mens volley ball team.
All across the country youung men have financed, with their own money, their own club volley ball teams at the collegiate level that play the five Universities that fund mens’ teams. The young mans’ team that I know placed 5th in the Nationals and beat 4 of the five fianced teams.
These young men love the sports and are willing to pay from their own pockets to play the game. Its a far more healthy outlet than other alternatives. PC culture, feminism and Title IX regulations have eliminated funding for many mens sports at the collegiate level in-order to fund women’s teams.
I don’t know what the answer is. As far as I’m concerned the only role athletics should play in a University is intramural teams that support themselves financially.
Everything else involves money and consequently invites corruption and an erosion of the original goals of an academic institution.
If I could, I’d ban all of them.