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| Title | Division I Men's Basketball Championship First & Second Rounds |
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| Publisher | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Date | March 15, 1990 - March 17, 1990 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | ID 2009-006, Box 7, Folder 7 |
| Original Collection | Athletics Department Records |
| Digital Collection | University of Houston Sports Championship Publications |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/champ |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner. For more information please see UH Digital Library Fair Use policy on the UH Digital Library About page. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Page 139 |
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| File Name | champ_201306_035_133.jpg |
| Transcript | THE NCAA — Common Ground of College Athletics By DEBBIE HARMISON BYRNE, Assistant Athletics Director, Old Dominion University Albert M. Wltte NCAA President University of Arkansas, Fayettevllle Judith M. Sweet NCAA Sec.-Tteas. University of California, San Diego To many people, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is a building in Mission, Kansas, from which legislation is enacted and enforced upon its member institutions. Yet to more than 1,000 colleges, universities and conferences, the NCAA is the organization through which its members speak. It is a voluntary association devoted to the sound administration of intercollegiate athletics. Through the NCAA, member institutions consider any athletics problem that has crossed regional or conference lines and has become national in scope. The Association, through its members, strives to maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational program and the athletes as an integral part of the student body. The NCAA also stands for good conduct in intercollegiate athletics and serves as the colleges' national athletics accrediting agency. The organization and its members recognize that creating an equitable college environment for its student-athletes is among its highest priorities. Working together to enact rules, policies, procedures and organizational goals, its members strive for the common goal of the academic integrity of its programs. Just as integrity is a key in the academic program, it is also a component in competition between the NCAA's members. Under the guidance of its members, the NCAA and its staff are charged with enforcing the rules and regulations that the institutions vote on and impose upon themselves. While enforcement proceedings involving member schools seem to grab most of the headlines, they represent only a small part of the NCAA's total program. I The NCAA will ad- f $n 0&- 1 minister 77 champi onships in 21 sports for its member institutions, involving nearly 21,000 men and women student- athletes. There are 23 championships on the Division I level, 20 on the Division II level and 24 for Division III members along with 10 championships which are National Collegiate Championships for which all divisions are eligible. Beyond its annual championships, the NCAA also places a high priority on honoring its members and student-athletes, as evident in its Honors Program and Postgraduate Scholarships Program. The Honors Program recognizes accomplishments of Richard D. Schultz NCAA Executive Director current and former outstanding student-athletes, while the Postgraduate Scholarship Program annually honors 100 high-ranking college student-athletes who are in their last year of intercollegiate athletic competition by providing them scholarships of $4,000 each. The newly-established Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship Program recognizes a top male and female student-athlete each year separate from the postgraduate program. In addition, the NCAA recognizes the need to assist its members in career de velopment in collegiate athletics, and has addressed this area through its women's and ethnic minority enhancement programs. The NCAA's members form a diverse group ranging from large state institutions to small, privately funded colleges. Their "common goal," however, is the same — working for the advancement and achievement of the student-athlete and for the common good of higher education. ^ 136 |