Title IX is another reason TCU currently doesn't have a women's softball team even though that seems to be the most obvious sport to add because of our market and our conference. Two things. #1 Say TCU offered 20 female scholarships to a new sport like softball, because of Title IX, TCU then would have to offer 20 males a scholarship for another sport so there is an even amount of male and female scholarships. #2 is the facilities, TCU would be expected to provide these new girls on the softball team a relatively close in equivalence in a stadium and facilities. So there is another $35 to $50 million, but don't forget, you would have to offer this facility standard potentially times two because the new men's sport with those 20 new guys on scholarship would also need a facility. No joke, for the both these new teams to travel and the scholarship coverage for 40 new students attending very expensive TCU and new facilities.... "Just wanting to add softball" could cost north of $150 million when everything is all said and done.
Hence, it is a lot easier cancelling a male and female sport simultaneously for Title IX scholarship reasons as a previous poster mentioned on this thread. See TCU Men's Soccer for details. I would venture to guess that if some donor doesn't step up to build a facility necessary to compete annually with UT in swimming, I could see CDC chopping it. If we are out there competing, TCU is only in it to win it all the way.