Football, Wrestling Casualties in UNO's D-I Plan

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University of Nebraska at Omaha officials announced Saturday a plan for athletics to join the NCAA's Division I while eliminating the Mavericks' football and wrestling programs.

The plan, which awaits approval from the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, would involve UNO accepting a bid to join the Summit League. It was met Sunday with campus rallies supporting the stunned football and wrestling student-athletes. According to the Omaha World-Herald, the decision was spurred by the ever-growing gap between athletic revenues and expenses, requiring ever-greater infusions of tax, tuition and student-fee dollars into the department.

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