{"id":735,"date":"2011-03-30T15:39:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2011-03-30T15:39:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T20:39:01","slug":"lu-wrestling-degrades-to-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"LU Wrestling degrades to CLUB"},"content":{"rendered":"

The five-year return of Liberty\u2019s Division I wrestling program ended on Tuesday, as the school announced it has reclassified wrestling from an NCAA Division I sport to a club sport.<\/p>\n

Liberty reinstated wrestling prior to the 2006-07 school year, a surprising move considering the nationwide trend of colleges and universities dropping the sport to comply with Title IX gender equity law.<\/p>\n

The university has added three women\u2019s sports since wrestling returned \u2014 lacrosse in 2009, swimming in 2010 and field hockey in fall 2011. Still, those additions weren\u2019t enough for Liberty to meet Title IX\u2019s proportionality requirements.<\/p>\n

Liberty was left with two options: either to continue to add NCAA Division I women\u2019s programs, or adjust the university\u2019s Division I men\u2019s participation opportunities.<\/p>\n

Liberty first sponsored wrestling from 1974 to 1994 before disbanding the program. Castro was hired in August 2005 to resurrect the program, and in the Flames\u2019 first year back in competition, they sent four wrestlers to the NCAA championships.<\/p>\n

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The five-year return of Liberty\u2019s Division I wrestling program ended on Tuesday, as the school announced it has reclassified wrestling from an NCAA Division I…<\/p>\n

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