No general facilities existed for Cornell students not competing within the intercollegiate program.
That finances 70 percent of Oklahoma's budget for its 20-team intercollegiate program.
Simpson began its intercollegiate athletic program with a men's basketball team in the 1950s.
"You look at the athletic administrations of the intercollegiate programs across the country and they're 99 percent white," Farrell said.
The school started its intercollegiate athletic program in 1978.
An intercollegiate program that's part of an academic institution's total profile is positive.
Iowa State has not sponsored baseball since dropping its intercollegiate program after the 2001 season.
The club regularly participated in exhibition games against the top intercollegiate programs and very rarely lost.
All intercollegiate athletic programs are being eliminated after this year.
"Our goal is to have an exemplary intercollegiate athletic program."