Intercollegiate Football Association - ANSAn athletic association formed in 1876 and made up of
students from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia who agreed on consistent playing and
eligibility rules for football.
Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives - ANSa.k.a The Big Ten Conference
1895, college and university faculty representatives create student eligibility rules for football.
100-year tradition of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics and
emphasize the values of integrity, fairness, and competitiveness in all aspects of
student-athletes lives.
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) - ANSBecame the NCAA in
1912
1905 by 62 colleges and universities to formulate rules making football safer and more exciting
to play
Carnegie Reports of 1929 - ANSDocuments by the Carnegie Foundation that examined
intercollegiate athletics and identified many academic abuses, recruiting abuses, payments to
student-athletes, and commercialization of athletics. These reports pressured the NCAA to
evolve from a group that developed rules for competition into an organization for overseeing all
aspects of intercollegiate athletics.
Knight Commission - ANSA commission created in 1989 by the Trustees of the Knight
Foundation, composed of university presidents, CEOs and presidents of corporations, and a
congressional representative, to propose a reform agenda for intercollegiate athletics.
Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW) - ANSforerunner for Association for
the Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)
A governance organization for women's athletics created in 1966
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) - ANSAthletic governance organization
for small colleges and universities, 1940
National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) - ANSAthletic association founded in 1937
to promote and supervise a national program of junior college sports and activites
Division 1 - ANSSubgroup of NCAA institutions that, in general, supports philosophy of
competitiveness, generating revenue through athletics, and national success, offer scholarships
Division 2 - ANSSubgroup of NCAA institutions that, in general, attracts student-athletes from
the local or in-state area, who may receive some scholarship but not usually full amount
, Division 3 - ANSSubgroup of NCAA institutions that, in general, does not allow scholarships,
encourages participation by maximising the number and variety of opp. avaliable. Experience of
athletes not spectators
one-school/one-vote - ANSA structure of organization in the NCAA from 1973 to 1997 in which
each member school and conference had one vote at the NCAA's annual convention, which
was assigned to the institution's president or CEO.
NCAA National Office - ANSThe main office of the National Collegiate Athletic Association,
located in Indianapolis, Indiana; it enforces the rules the NCAA membership passes and
provides administrative services to all NCAA committees, member institutions, and conferences.
Enforcement - ANSArea within NCAA admin. structure created in 52 that deals with enforcing
rules and regulations
Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) - ANSA category of Division I institutions that are large
football-playing schools; they must meet minimum attendance requirements for football.
Formerly known as Division I-A.
Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) - ANSA category of Division I institutions that play
football at a level below that of Division I-A; they are not held to any attendance requirements.
Formerly known as Division I-AA.
member conferences - ANSGroupings of institutions within the NCAA that provide many
benefits and services to their members. Conferences have legislative power over their member
institutions in the running of championship events and the formulation of conference rules and
regulations. Member conferences must have a minimum of six member institutions within a
single division to be recognized as a voting member conference of the NCAA.
Conference rules - ANSStandards set forth by particular conferences that require member
institutions to abide by, in addition to NCAA regulation.
Conference Realignment - ANSA school wanting to join a conference or change conference
affiliation. An issue that occurs periodically, effectively changing the landscape of college
athletics.
Student-athlete services - ANSAn area of responsibility within a collegiate athletic department
that addresses the academic concerns and welfare of student-athletes, overseeing such areas
as academic advising, tutoring, and counseling.
Fund Development - ANSAn area of responsibility within a collegiate athletic department that
seeks new ways to increase revenues, oversees alumni donations to the athletic department,
and oversees fundraising events.
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