Wright State has seemingly become the first Division I causality of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Officials announced the discontinuation of the program today citing budget restructuring to reduce expenditures. It’s also being reported that in dropping the Wright State Softball program, school administrators have not as of yet sought NCAA approval for the waiver to drop from the 14 required sports that is required of Division I classification to 11 (men’s and women’s tennis was also dropped). The move itself is pretty bold and could be of concern in how easy institutes might believe it would be just to drop programs below required numbers and the NCAA’s willingness to allow it.
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