Why is Rice still in I-A Football, or Whatever It's Called These Days?

This may be heresy, but I have to ask it. Why are we (Rice University) still in Division I-A Football?

• It loses millions of dollars for the athletic department, turning a department that would otherwise be operating in the black into the red.

• We lose to I-AA teams. (Unlike Michigan, we weren’t heavily favored to win.)

• Yes, we went to a bowl last year, but that’s something that 53% of all college teams manage to do. And for Rice, it’s a rarity.

Does this sound like a good use of time, effort, and money to anyone else? I sure doesn’t to me. I’d love to see us ditch I-A football and concentrate on those things that we do well.

Like, you know, Baseball.