NCAA gymnastics still in decline

MIT recently announced they were dropping both Men’s and Women’s gymnastics.

Going into the 1982 season, the NCAA sponsored 79 men’s gymnastics teams, which encompassed all three divisions. Today, that number has decreased to 18. This drop has people wondering, ‘Will gymnastics eventually cease to operate all together?’ …

… women’s teams in some sports have also diminished in the last several decades such as women’s gymnastics, fencing and skiing. Women’s gymnastics featured 179 teams in 1981-82 while now 84 teams remain.

Among adding and subtracting the number of teams from 1988 to 2007, men’s wrestling has had the largest overall decrease. Wrestling is followed by men’s tennis, men’s rifle and men’s gymnastics.

“More or less, I think we’ve been an unintended consequence of Title IX,” Penn State coach Randy Jepson said. “It’s unfortunate but that’s the way it’s been.” …

Daily Collegian – Men’s gymnastics programs in decline

The only solution is to reverse the trend. Convince some Universities to add gymnastics teams.

Thanks Scott Weller, former NCAA gymnast, for sending us this link. Scott’s the inventor of the Weller spring. We want to see if his spring can be swapped out for those in Spieth floors.