Save Our Sports Campaign
December 9, 2011 1:08 pmOn November 21, 2011, President Loh accepted the President’s Commission’s recommendation to discontinue six athletic programs (eight teams) effective July 1, 2012: Men’s Swimming & Diving, Men’s Tennis, Men’s Track & Field (Cross Country, Indoor Track and Outdoor Track), Women’s Acrobatics & Tumbling (formerly known as Competitive Cheer), Women’s Swimming & Diving, and Women’s Water Polo.
In December 2011, the Save Our Sports campaign was launched with the goal of raising eight years’ worth of the total programs costs by June 30, 2012, in order to keep the program in existence. After June 30, 2012, a full program endowment will need to be completed by the end of that eight-year period (June 30, 2020) to endow the programs in perpetuity. Teams will work to raise funds independently, but in order for the University of Maryland to continue to comply with the non-negotiable requirements of the federal Title IX law, to save a men’s program, we must also reach the fund raising goal for a women’s program with similar squad size and scholarship commitments. Click here for more information.
