Sports Insider 2020: The ugly side of college athletics

Iowa senior Sage Ohlensehlen is using her voice to bring her sport back after it was cut this past week.

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After the university of iowa cut four varsity sports this past week ?

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" director gary barta says the decision is final regarding the four sports that were cut by the school this past week.

Those include men's tennis, men's gymnastics and men's and women's swimming and diving.

One hawkeye senior is saying anything is possible ?

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Sage ohlensehlen is a senior and the captain of the iowa women's swimming and diving team.

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She's given the past four years to her team ?

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"i feel so betrayed, i've put so much time and effort into this program.

To have my program cut that quickly you know with no warning and without even an i'm sorry, it was so shocking."

The university announced last week that men's gymnastics men's tennis and men's and women's swimming and diving will be discontinued after the year.

The school points to a financial shortfall as a reason for the cuts.

Other universities around the country have made similar decisions.

Sage can finish out her senior season ?

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After this year, all four sports will be discontinued... and her teammates are free to transfer schools.

It's not how they imagined their careers at iowa would end."

"people didn't know what to do, some people started crying and you know the other really hard part about this is we're all sitting six feet apart so we can't even reach out and hold our teammates hands or hug each other we have to stay apart from each other."

Football is the money maker at iowa and other major universities ?

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"* the school estimating a $100 million deficit this year.

But how can missing one season of football make others pay?

"we're cutting a program that costs $500,000 a year when that's really just a drop in the bucket for how much the athletic program makes."

So what's next?

Sage and teammates are spreading the word ?

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