May 10, 2002

Low-Profile Sports vs. Football

To the Editor:

Contrary to the suggestion in Sidelines in the April 5 issue, the cutback in low-profile sports teams at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was not an effort "to comply with federal gender-equity guidelines." The university has always fully met federal guidelines by increasing its investment in women's sports while maintaining support for all its men's teams. ...

Robert A. Marcum, the athletics director, proposed the elimination of low-profile teams in