collegiate athletics
Campus team competitions
Collegiate athletics refers to organized sports programs at colleges and universities, where students compete as representatives of their institutions.
In American usage especially, the term encompasses everything from intramural recreation to highly commercialized Division I football and basketball programs: She got a scholarship for collegiate athletics.
The system occupies an unusual space—nominally amateur but generating billions in revenue, with ongoing debates about whether student-athletes should be compensated beyond tuition.
- NCAAUniversity sports authority
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- team spiritShared enthusiasm among members
- Title IXFederal educational equity law
- recruitingEnlisting new members
football · draft prospect · track and field · compliance officer · conference · GPA requirements · graduation rates · stadium · redshirt · walk-on · locker room · school pride · soccer · scholarship · NAIA · booster club · sports medicine · study hall
collegiate athleticsprofessional sports
Paid competitive athletic leagues
professional leagues · youth sports · high school athletics · recreational sports · intramural sports
collegiate athleticsrecreational sports
Non-professional physical pastimes
pickup games · intramural sports · sandlot sports · street ball · open gym