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Wrestling at all levels, but particularly at the college and high school levels, took a huge hit on Tuesday when Arizona State cut its storied program, along with men’s tennis and swimming. It’s a huge development even here, some 400 miles away, because it shrinks further the pool of quality schools for high school wrestlers to move on to and it takes a rival away, and a relatively inexpensive road opponent, away from Cal State Bakersfield — one of now eight remaining wrestling schools in the Pac-10 conference. The cuts come on the heels of recent cuts of wrestling programs by Oregon and Fresno State. And lastly it further illustrates what an easy target wrestling and other minor men's sports are,  and the poor choices administrators make in relation to Title IX and its role in balancing collegiate athletic departments. This move could and likely will perpetuate more bad decisions by administrators to cut men’s sports under the guise of budget...
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