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Division-III teams suffer in the age of $4-a-gallon

SI.com - Column

July 11, 2008

Other Division-III conferences may want to consider following the lead of the University Athletic Association, a widespread conglomerate of some of the nation's most academically prestigious institutions. Befitting a conference with so much brainpower surging through it, the UAA has devised a system to help defray costs for teams that have to fly to most away games. Men's and women's teams travel together, and each school has a travel partner.

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