`  == Proposed addition to Ohio University website == In accordance with guidance we received recently from Wikpedia administrators, we are posting below a proposed insertion into the Ohio University Wikpedia page.  This insertion is almost identical in structure and type of content to an edit on at least one other university's Wikpedia website in that it deals with Title IX, a law that precipitated an important action by Ohio University.  We checked with Wikipedia and are given to believe that the other posting we found was consistent with their guidelines and remains on that university's website as a result.  Since this proposed edit tracks with the one allowed to remain on Wikipedia, we believe this conforms to Wikpedia's guidelines.  This proposal is open for editing and comment before posting.  Following a period of time allowing for others to comment, it will be added in its edited form provided it is not materially revised.    To those who object to this issue appearing on OU's Wikipedia page, it is not a news report or simply a passing situation.  It provides information that is relevant to a large group of current and alumni Bobcats and deals with a decision that has fundamentally altered OU's athletic environment and has become a major event in OU history.  When Olympic sports with almost 100 and 72 years respectively of history at OU are dropped, it is a major event and not a fleeting news story.  The contributors of this are Bobcats too and expect to be allowed to post this information without undue interference.    Proposed addition:  ``Title IX compliance On January 24, 2007, Ohio University Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt announced that four sports teams would be eliminated effective the end of the 2006-2007 academic year. The affected teams were Women’s Lacrosse – one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Men’s Swimming and Diving – 72 years of tradition at OU, and Men’s Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field – almost 100 years of tradition at OU and counting for two teams for Title IX purposes. The stated reason for the cuts was to comply with Title IX requirements, specifically that the ratio of male-to-female student athletes match the whole student population.   The Athletic Director also explained that Ohio University’s athletic budget was under strain and that the school could no longer insure that student athletes participated in a “quality sports” program.  Many students were angered by the cuts, complaining that only less-popular and “non revenue” sports were affected, and not sports such as football.  The Athletic Director stated that resources budgeted for the cut sports would now be “strategically reinvested” in revenue sports.  Numerous editorials have appeared in newspapers across the country, both in support of and against the decision.  “The Post Online,” “The Athens News” and “The Athens Messenger,” newspapers serving Ohio University’s region, all carried detailed reports on this decision.  Ohio state-wide newspapers such as the “Cleveland Plain Dealer” and the “Columbus Dispatch” have also carried articles about this decision as well as reports about compliance with Title IX by Ohio schools in general.  In direct response to Ohio University student athletes’ expressions of concern about this decision, NCAA President Myles Brand, in his weekly podcast on March 5, 2007, discussed the continuing trend of U.S. universities using Title IX as justification for cutting sports programs for budgetary purposes.  The Chairman of the College Sports Council, the American Lacrosse Conference, and the Executive Director of the College Swimming Coaches of America all issued statements or gave interviews expressing disappointment over this decision by Ohio University.``   Save OU Sports`