Question

Compare and contrast these three intercollegiate athletic governing bodies ( NCAA, NCCAA, NJCAA) . Specifically look at their missions and how those are related to their governance structure.

Answer 1

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a well known atheletic college and universities in the United states. The goal is to maintain the Intercollegiate athlete an important part of Educational program and student body . Also to eliminate the Death and Injuries which was common during that time in football matches.

• It has 3 Divisions:  Divisions 1 and Divison 2 schools are large public universities, where as the Divison 3 is usually small private colleges.
• D1 And D2 offers atheletic scholarship where as in D3 , you will get Academic Scholarship.
• Division 1 is quite competetive as compared to D2.
• The governing body of intercollegiate athletics was initially constituted as the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS) in 1906.
• In 2002 NCAA membership have 1,036 colleges and universities
• Arround 4,00,000 students participate in intercollegiate athletics in this every year.
• Scholarship amount for D1 is about $14,000 and For D2 is about $ 5000.

NCCAA: The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) is an association of Christian Universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada

The main mission is to encourage the intercollegiate athletic competition with a Christian perspective.It was formed in 1968.

• In 2017-2018 season, the NCCAA lists 94 members.
• It has two divisons of  94 members, 61 of which participate in Division I and 33 in Division II.
• The association's sports for men are baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field (indoor/outdoor).
• Women's sports are basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field (indoor/outdoor), and volleyball.

NJCAA: The National Junior College Athletic Association is considered the baby of sports scholarships. The goal of NJCAA is to encourage the sports culture to those who could not attand the NCAA or NAIA because of Academic .

• The students have 2 years at community colleges.
• It is the way for NCAA And NAIA by increasing their grades.
• Less eligibility and low Academic requirement
• Scholarship amount is $2000.