College sports: The cruelest cuts come at smaller schools - Craig Meyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Three days after Robert Morris' cuts were announced, Temple dropped seven sports. Locally, Duquesne eliminated four teams in 2010 while numerous colleges across the country, such as Maryland, California, Delaware and Towson, have made similar moves in the past four years. In many ways, Reach has become something of a poster child as schools, particularly those with fewer resources, must evaluate whether their current athletic costs are worth it. "I think what we see happening with these cuts is we see a system that is increasingly responding to the demands of a commercial marketplace," said Ellen Staurowsky, a professor and program director in Drexel University's Center for Hospitality and Sports Management. "The ability to be able to provide a large and expansive athletic department is becoming a thing of the past." The cuts at Robert Morris were the culmination of a university-wide strategic review. http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/college/2014/06/01/College-sports-The-cruelest-cuts-come-at-smaller-schools/stories/201406010101