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  2. College athletics in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of a Nebraska Cornhuskers football player published on a 1904 Yearbook. College athletics in the United States or college sports in the United States refers primarily to sports and athletic training and competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education (universities and colleges) in a two-tiered system.

  3. College sports - Wikipedia

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    College athletics is a major enterprise in the United States, with more than 500,000 student athletes attending over 1,100 universities and colleges competing annually. The largest programs are: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Junior College Athletic Association ...

  4. Redshirt (college sports) - Wikipedia

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    Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility.Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the four years of academic classes typically required to earn a bachelor's degree at an American college or university.

  5. Student athlete - Wikipedia

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    Student athlete (or student–athlete) is a term used principally in universities in the United States and Canada to describe students enrolled at postsecondary educational institutions, principally colleges and universities, but also at secondary schools, who participate in an organized competitive sport sponsored by that educational institution or school.

  6. National Collegiate Athletic Association - Wikipedia

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    The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [b] is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada. [3] It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. [3]

  7. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - Wikipedia

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    The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to their student athletes. Around $1.3 billion in athletic scholarship financial aid is awarded to student ...

  8. NCAA Division I - Wikipedia

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    In the early 21st century, a controversy arose in the NCAA over whether schools will continue to be allowed to have one showcased program in Division I with the remainder of the athletic program in a lower division, as is the case of, notably, Johns Hopkins University lacrosse as well as Colorado College and University of Alabama in Huntsville ...

  9. Academic All-America - Wikipedia

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    College Sports Communicators has registered a trademark for the name, "Academic All-America" which it uses for its student-athlete recognition program. The Academic All-America program administered by College Sports Communicators is not related to such programs administered or sponsored by coaches' organizations.