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From reading the EADA, it appears as though Michigan State University is in compliance with the participation aspect within title IX. This is simply due to the ratio of male and female athletes in comparison to the ratio of male and female students in the university. Due to the safe harbor rule in prong 1 of the participation aspect of Title IX, Michigan State University, according to demographics of the student body, must have slightly more female athletes than male. This holds true in that the total participants for male sports is 426 or 47.5% of the athletic population. 2. In order below are the sports which have the largest financial deficit.
Sport Women's Basketball Track, Field and Cross Country Women's Rowing Swimming and Diving Softball Volleyball Field Hockey Gymnastics Women's Soccer Baseball 35 26 131 Male Participants Female Participants 29 189 83 40 18 15 24 16 29 Expenses $2,947,271.00 $1,991,560.00 $1,323,202.00 $1,261,279.00 $1,057,350.00 $1,347,925.00 $1,067,610.00 $886,594.00 $940,225.00 $984,022.00 Revenue $957,151.00 $272,897.00 $128,398.00 $190,068.00 $121,753.00 $424,185.00 $177,580.00 $95,060.00 $284,436.00 $335,644.00 Profit/Loss -$1,990,120.00 -$1,718,663.00 -$1,194,804.00 -$1,071,211.00 -$935,597.00 -$923,740.00 -$890,030.00 -$791,534.00 -$655,789.00 -$648,378.00

3. If faced with a $1 million budget deficit, the sport which would most likely need to be cut would be swimming and diving. This is due to having about a $1 million cost to the university athletic budget and it would be maintaining the necessary ratio of participants for the university to maintain compliance with Title IX. It would also show equality within the athletic department in terms of financing male and female sports.