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NCAA report finds fewer campus athletes. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
Despite a decrease of about 2% in both women and men players, the NCAA reported that participation in its championship sports remains high and men are still the majority at 57.7% of competitors.
Women participants decreased 1.35% from the 2000 to the 2001 academic year, from 155,698 to 153,601. Men decreased 2.01%, from 214,186 to 209,890.
Among women, the most popular new teams were in soccer, golf, softball, indoor track and cross-country. Most likely to get cut were gymnastics and fencing. Of NCAA schools, almost 84% have a women's soccer team, up from just 11% in 1981, which added more than 17,000 female players.
In 2001-2002 NCAA schools cut a total of 277 teams (99 for women and 178 for men) while adding 368 teams (209 for women and 159 for men). The aggregate gain was 91 teams: 110 more ...
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