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Nonrevenue collegiate sports at risk as economic downturn continues

The University of Maryland needs to raise nearly $4.2 million by July 1 to save its storied men's track program, and five other sports programs are in danger of being cut unless more money can be found. Division I Football Bowl Subdivision universities must offer a minimum of 16 intercollegiate sports, including eight for women. Joel Maxcy, an associate professor of sport and recreation management at Temple, said that given the economic climate and the increasing pressure for success from the revenue-generating sports like football and basketball, he expected "more universities to cut sports toward that minimum.”