Providence College this year eliminated its championship men's baseball team, as well as its men's tennis and golf teams to increase the school's female athletic participation to match its percentage of women. At Miami University of Ohio, men's wrestling, soccer and tennis were dropped last month for the same reasons. Boston College has been forced to drop men's lacrosse, water polo and wrestling. The Independent Women's Forum has documented the loss of more than 350 men's athletic teams since 1992. According to the General Accounting Office, opportunities for women between 1985 and 1997 rose by 16 percent, while opportunities for men fell by 12 percent.
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