New woman’s sport This will be the first ICA sport that is (entirely?) supported by philanthropic means. So, this is a big test and an issue that we have never encountered before or know what to reasonably expect. Will this be the parents of the players? Alums? I believe that the parents of the field hockey team did pony up for the new hockey field. Apparently it was Berkeley alums who saved the MBB team there from being cut. However we don’t have the alum base by a mile that Berkeley has. Also, this will be a “new team” not an attempt to save an old team with a lot of pride and history (see Jackie Jensen at Berkeley). So my bet is that it will have to be the parents who will mostly pay for this sport at least to get it off the ground. Now the second issue is this (and I don’t know the answer): does TIX required that this new team have funding for an equal number of scholarships to comply with the law? Can philanthropic funds provide this? I don’t think so for a huge team like rowing. So, sorry, i think we are looking at beach volleyball or cheering. Fencing? Hope i am wrong. (How many players on a beach volleyball team? I think 2 that play- i do not know).