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    National Collegiate Athletic Association - Wikipedia

    • The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and 1 in Canada. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in … See more

    History

    Intercollegiate sports began in the United States in 1852 when crews from Harvard and Yale universities met in
    The … See more

    Headquarters

    The modern era of the NCAA began in July 1955 when its executive director, Kansas City, Missouri native Walter Byers, moved the organization's headquarters from the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago (where its offices were share… See more

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    FoundedMarch 31, 1906 in New York City, U.S.
    HeadquartersIndianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
    PresidentCharlie Baker
    Legal statusAssociation
    Structure

    The NCAA's Board of Governors (formerly known as the Executive Committee) is the main body within the NCAA. This body elects the NCAA's president.
    The NCAA's legislative structure is broken down into c… See more

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    Player eligibility

    The NCAA requires all of its athletes to be amateurs. All incoming athletes must be certified as amateurs. To remain eligible, athletes must not sign contract with sports clubs, earn a salary playing a sport, try out for professi… See more

    NCAA sponsored sports

    The NCAA currently awards 90 national championships yearly – 46 women's, 41 men's, and 3 coed championships for fencing, rifle, and skiing. Sports sanctioned by the NCAA include the following: basketball… See more

    Sports added and dropped

    The popularity of each of these sports programs has changed over time. Between 1988–89 and 2010–11, NCAA schools had net additions of 510 men's teams and 2,703 women's teams.
    The followi… See more

    Championships

    For every NCAA sanctioned sport other than Division I FBS football, the NCAA awards trophies with gold, silver, and bronze plating for the first-, second-, and third-place teams, respectively. In the case of the NCA… See more

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