<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/sports/othersports/28xrowing.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/28/sports/othersports/28xrowing.html</a></p>
<p>Division 1 colleges have added womens rowing teams like crazy over the past 20 years because it is an excellent way to help title ix legal compliance. It’s the only NCAA-recognized female sport that can make a dent counter-balancing a 100-man football roster.</p>
<p>Because rowing is infinitessimally small at the high school level, the number of college roster spots and scholarships far exceeds the supply of experienced rowing athletes. So many college rowers don’t start in the sport until they get to college. </p>
<p>That isn’t true of any other Division 1 varsity sport. Not one.</p>