1.   University athletic departments have to be self-supporting for the most part.

2.   Along the way, a draft-Wilkinson groundswell began to build within the athletic department and among the booster groups.

3.   Although this is an isolated case, the announcement of a settlement sent shivers through university athletic departments and threatened to further complicate the already complex world of recruiting.

4.   Although cheerleading falls under the domain of the athletic department, much of its money comes from other sources.

5.   An athletic department spokesman said negotiations are ongoing.

6.   An athletic department assistant there informed them that Spencer had not yet qualified, according to NCAA rules.

7.   And a large segment of the athletic department is against it.

8.   And athletic director DeLoss Dodds deserves heat for running an athletic department that at times is so clumsy it would trip over a cordless phone.

9.   And for a long time, there were people in her own athletic department who wished Washington would just take her tiny lot and play happy with it.

10.   And in his crucial role as the authoritative spokesman for the athletic department, he was routinely evasive or worse, provoking a suspicious press.