June 20, 2003

Tulane Opts to Remain in Division I-A

And the Wave rolls on. But nobody knows how green it will be.

Tulane University announced with fanfare last week that it would keep its sports programs in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, ending a two-month debate over whether it should cut its losses -- $7-million annually -- by dropping football or restructuring its athletics department and switching to the NCAA's Division III.

Neither choice was palatable to Tulane's alumni or to

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