Unlike at Radford, UVa and JMU, the majority of Tech students are men. Twelve female Tech athletes filed a class-action Title IX lawsuit against the school in January 1994, when the school's percentage of female athletes was 20 percent lower than its percentage of female students. As part of the settlement of the suit in April 1995, the percentage of female athletes and women's scholarships had to be within a few points of the percentage of female students. Tech added three women's teams between 1993 and 1996. Forty-one percent of Tech students are women, and 40 percent of the athletes are women.
Tech can spend on the men's side.
We're not in a position financially to do that right now, nor do we philosophically want to do that because we would rather make sure the sports that we have are well taken care of. JMU will add a 28th team next year. Having fewer sports has helped Tech avoid having to cut teams or scholarships. Weaver said Tech is trying to give all of its teams enough money to finish among the top third in the Big East. In order to be prominent on the national scene, you've got to be prominent in your conference first.