Division I Cal State Northridge is the first school to feel the impact of Title IX since the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this spring refused to rehear the landmark case involving Brown University. In a move to meet new California state requirements, the Northridge athletic department cut four men’s sports, including soccer. Already in the red for $800,000, the Northridge athletic department chose to eliminate men’s soccer, baseball, volleyball and swimming instead of adding new women’s sports. The Matadors soccer program ù with a budget of approximately $100,000 ù only had modest success since moving to the Division I ranks. It had been a top California Division II program in the 1980s. On the other hand, Northridge’s baseball team had been ranked in the top 20 this past spring, and its volleyball team was No. 2 in the country four years ago. “It’s mind-boggling that you could eliminate baseball, volleyball and soccer in Southern California,” Northridge volleyball coach John Price told the Los Angeles Times. Northridge’s situation is typical of schools that have problems with Title IX compliance. It had a marginal, money-losing football program. Its problems began when it joined the Big Sky Conference, which requires all schools to play football.