The elimination of some sports at Big Ten Conference schools because of the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has begun, but cuts to the slate of University of Wisconsin athletic teams aren’t being planned yet.
Iowa announced Friday that it will cut four programs — men’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming and diving and men’s tennis — after the 2020-21 season.
In a staff meeting before that announcement Friday morning, UW athletic director Barry Alvarez and deputy athletic director Chris McIntosh suggested that another Big Ten school is considering a similar move to downsize its sports program in the coming weeks, according to sources.