WHAT COMES TO MIND?

Championships Winning Money Competition

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME The Cinderella Story Upsets More Than Just a Game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvyknw4 VClE

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

IN THE BEGINNING

HISTORY
AUGUST 3, 1852 - First College Athletic Event Crew Race: Harvard vs. Yale NOVEMBER 6, 1869 First College Football Game Rutgers vs. Princeton 1864 First College Coach Was Hired Crew Coach William Wood at Yale 1876 The Intercollegiate Football Association Was Formed Included Students from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia to create playing and eligibility rules 1895 The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives Was Formed (Big Ten Conference) Formed to Create Student Eligibility Rules

GOVERNANCE BACKGROUND
1905 Union College vs. NYU Football Game Player died of a cerebral hemorrhage 18 football players died that year and another 149 serious injuries occurred 1905 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) Started by the Chancellor of NYU and President Roosevelt with the initial intent to abolish football

1912 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

The Initial Purpose of the formations of the associations was to focus upon regulations for the safety of the players.

THE BEGINNING OF GOVERNANCE

Abuses Existed Carnegie Reports of 1929 The Knight Commission

NCAA
Purpose to maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational program and the athlete as an integral part of the student body and, by so doing, retain a clear line of demarcation between intercollegiate athletics and professional sports (NCAA, 2009a, p. 1). Division I (I-A & I-AA) includes 335 member institutions, Division II has 288 member schools, and Division III is comprised of 432 institutions Departments in the NCAA National Office include administration, business championships, communications, compliance, enforcement, educational resources, publishing, legislative services, etc.

NCAA

MASCOT CHALLENGE

WOMEN IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS

1896 First womens collegiate sport contest UC Berkeley vs. Stanford basketball game Focus was upon participation and not competition Started with this and now we have this

TITLE IX
Federal law passed on June 23, 1972 prohibiting sex discrimination in any educational activity or program which receives federal funding.

Purpose = to give women equal opportunities that are given to men.

THE MIGHTY MACS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2RvnJNu570

OPPONENTS OF TITLE IX
Application of Title IX results in discrimination against men in collegiate athletics Ex elimination of mens programs

Proportionality Application Court decisions

MASCOT CHALLENGE

REFERENCES
Crowley, J.N. (2006). In the Arena: The NCAAs First Century. Indianapolis: The NCAA. ESPN (2010, December 16). ESPN Alabama Roll Tide Commerical. Retrieved October 8, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvyknw4VClE ESPN (2009, May 19). Mighty Macs ESPN Segment. Retrieved October 8, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2RvnJNu570 Sperber, M. (1998). Onward to Victory: The Crises That Shaped College Sports. New York: Henry and Holt.