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Theodore Roosevelt Raises the Football Safety Issue
President Roosevelt wanted to make Football safer to preserve the game . His son played on the Harvard Football team. -
NCAA Formation
Originally known as the Intercolligate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) -
The IAAUS becomes the National College Atheletic Association (NCAA)
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First National Championship was held
It was a Track and Field Championship that took place in Chicago and the University of Illinois won it. It was only for men. -
1st Transcontinental Radio Broadcast of sporting events
NBC Radio broadcasted the Rose Bowl. This was a major technological advancement as it was the first transcontinental radio broadcast of a sporting event. -
1st Televised Intercollegiate Contest
Baseball game between Princeton and Colombia. It was aired on NBC. -
The CCNY Point Shaving Scandal
College basketball players were involved in a point shaving gambling scandal. Most of the players involved in the scandal were from the CIty College of New York. -
Television Broadcast
In order to broadcast a sporting event, NBC had to pay $1.14 milion for 12 weeks of college football including one national broadcast a week with the opportunity to add games of regional interest to be broadcast within regions. -
Creation of Probation and Suspension
Penalties can be imposed on athletes if they violate the NCAA rules. -
NCAA creates 2 divisions
- The University Division includes teams that will become Division I.
- The College Division includes teams that will become Divsion II and III.
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Formation of Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)
Women have access to compete in the championship. The AIAW coordinated 41 national championships in 19 different sports. -
Educational Amendment Act, Title IX
Women are not to be discriminated in participating in athletics. -
Women Athletics
Womens athletics were originally administered by the AIAW, but now merged with the NCAA. -
Importance of GPA, Proposition 48
Student-athletes required to have a minimum of a 2.0 GPA in order to be eligible to participate in college athletics. -
1st Drug-Testing Program established
In 1983, the NCAA began a drug testing program after many student-athletes failed drug tests in the Pan American Games. -
"Death-penalty" Scandal
Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas football team suspended for 1 year for repeated rule violations. This penalty was known as the "Death Penalty" because of the severity of the punishment, and this was the first time it was used. -
Knight Commission
As a result of a public poll that intercollegiate athletics were out of control, a group of university presidents and athletic directors formed the Knight Foundation Commission. It changed college athletics by reducing practice hours that athletes can spend on their sport, cost-containment measures, and instituational restructuring. -
NCAA deal with IMG
IMG has the right to sell marketing packages for 88 NCAA Championships. These packages were focused on retail promotions. -
Simon-Fraser University joins NCAA
Simon Fraser Universtiy, located in Burnaby Canada, became the 1st Non-United States member to join the NCAA.
