Assume that you are a female senior high school athlete who aspires to play soccer at a U.S. University 250 miles (400 km) from home. As an all-state varsity soccer player, you receive numerous scholarship opportunities in the fall of your senior year. Unfortunately, the university 250 miles down the road does not have a women's soccer program. Your grandfather, father, brother, and sister all attended this university, and you are enthusiastic about following the family tradition and becoming another loyal fan and alumna. In the spring you joyously celebrate the news that your school of choice has added women's soccer as an NCAA varsity sport. Besides announcing the new competitive opportunity for women, the school announces its plans to eliminate the men's varsity wrestling team and the men's swim team. You are perplexed by this situation and wonder whether the school's move to eliminate the men's teams is necessary for compliance with Title IX. What are your thoughts? Is the school's decision to eliminate the men's teams the only option available? What other options might the school explore?

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