Why did USF drop swimming?

[No_Willie_Jokes_Yet]

First, I have to say, please do not add a Women's swimming program without a complimentary Men's swimming program.  If you look around, there's hardly any successful women's-only swimming schools.  It makes recruiting next to impossible.  

Second, Florida is a furtile recruiting ground for swimming.  It's one of the fastest and deepest states in the country in terms of swimming at the club and high school level.  

Third, USF could easily compete in Florida (and consequently, the Big East) if given the opportunity.  In the state, there's a relatively big dropoff between the top 2 schools (UF and FSU), and the next level of schools (FAU, Tampa, UNF-women's only, Miami-women's only).  There are literally hundreds of in-state swimmers that fit perfectly in that gap that are required to go out-of-state if they want to swim in college.  That gap is also where the Big East lies in terms of competitiveness.  Fill that gap in-state, and USF could quickly compete with the top-level Big East swimming schools.

The reason it will be womens only is becuase we are currently behind on Title IX. We need womens sports and we need it quickly. Adding a football team 8 years ago upset the balance of men's and women's scholarships bigtime. You wont see another mens sport added for quite some time.

[WoolyBully]

... You wont see another mens sport added for quite some time.

but when we do, hopefully, this will expand:

http://www.ctr.usf.edu/wrestling/

[Warped]

The reason it will be womens only is becuase we are currently behind on Title IX. We need womens sports and we need it quickly. Adding a football team 8 years ago upset the balance of men's and women's scholarships bigtime. You wont see another mens sport added for quite some time.

I understand the Title IX implications, etc.  I'm talking from a swimmer/coach's standpoint.  It will be a complete waste of a time/money to add a Women's program without adding a Men's program for swimming.  It will be a stale/dull environment, and impossible to recruit, and the team will not be successful.