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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, January 17, 1993                   TAG: 9301170191
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: D2   EDITION: METRO  
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6 SCHOOLS FORM NEW DIVISION I-AA FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Six schools, including Big East basketball powers Georgetown and St. John's, will participate in a new Division I-AA football conference next season.

The football version of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference also will include four members of the MAAC basketball league - Canisius, Iona, St. Peter's and Siena.

All six football programs are switching from Division III to Division I-AA. They are changing divisions because of a new NCAA rule that prevents Division I basketball schools from sponsoring football programs below the Division I level.

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