Deck 8: Intercollegiate Athletics

Question 1

The history of intercollegiate athletics illustrates that in the beginning

A) administrators favored competitive sport
B) an enthusiastic and supportive group of faculty were involved
C) a problem existed with facilities
D) activities were organized and operated by students

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The IAAUS was the

A) successor to the current NCAA
B) rival of the current NCAA
C) precursor to the current NCAA
D) Allied American Intercollegiate Conference

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The first NCAA programming for women occurred in

A) 1880
B) 1940
C) 1960
D) 1980

Answer 3

D

Question 4

HBCU athletic budgets are typically much _______ compared to other "traditional" colleges and universities

A) lower
B) higher
C) more complex
D) more stable

Question 5

NCAA Division I decision-making structure is organized into _____ layers

A) 0
B) 5
C) 4
D) 3

Question 6

The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics served to

A) increase public pressure to clean up college athletics abuses
B) heighten understanding of the issue involved and act as a textbook policy for change
C) increase Presidential control over intercollegiate athletics
D) create friction between the different levels of NCAA governance

Question 7

The NCAA takes a ___________ approach to gambling by student-athletes

A) wide-berth
B) zero-tolerance
C) wait-and-see
D) devil-may-care

Question 8

CFAR refers to

A) Canadian Football Association Representatives
B) Council of Faculty Athletics Representatives
C) Council of Faculty Academics Representatives
D) Council of Fiscal Accountability Representatives

Question 9

Policies regarding transfer students in college athletics have

A) support the student first, athlete second philosophy
B) resulted in too much money directed to women's sport
C) done nothing to help the "have-nots" deal with the "haves"
D) remained the same for the NCAA and NAIA

Question 10

Athletic Departments are concerned about athlete use of social media, characterizing it as

A) time consuming
B) unproductive
C) the domain of the athletic department only
D) risky to image and brand

Question 11

Women have always had access to intercollegiate competition in the NCAA

Question 12

A student-athlete sits on the NCAA Board of Directors

Question 13

The Champions of Character is an NAIA orientation program known as Live 5

Question 14

Compliance refers to Recruitment Services within the NCAA

Question 15

The NCAA hesitates to create policy on athlete use of social media because it is uninforceable

Question 16

Given what you know about the history of intercollegiate athletics, explain why college (a) administrators, and (b) faculty members have developed their specific views on athletics

Question 17

Which national organizations exist to organize college athletics in the United States? Who are their members and how are they structured?

Question 18

The NCAA is a nonprofit organization and a multimillion-dollar enterprise. Explain how this is possible

Question 19

What are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)? Identify three interesting facts about HBCUs and their athletic programs

Question 20

Why was there a need to control college athletics virtually from the beginning?