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Collegiate Nationals
The Collegiate Nationals was a multisport event for college athletics, college students across the United States. The events aired annually on CBS College Sports Network from 2006 through 2012. In 2009 the name was changed to "The Alt Games." The Nationals included competitions in sports not sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Events were open to accredited students at both four-year and two-year schools. For at least nine of the sports, the contests were the established national championship competitions that had previously existed and were conducted by their respective collegiate sport governing bodies. The telecasts were produced by Echo Entertainment and marketed by Highline Sports on behalf of CBS College Sports. Sports offered *Adventure racing *Beach volleyball *Boxing *Competitive eating *Flowboarding (similar to surfing) *FreeskiingSee also: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Snowboard and Ski. *Paintball *Skateboarding *Skydiving *Sno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intercollegiate Sports Team Champions
The first tier of intercollegiate sports in the United States includes sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sport governing bodies. The major sanctioning organization is the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Before mid-1981, women's top-tier intercollegiate sports were solely governed by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). Smaller colleges are governed by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Two-year colleges are governed by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) in most of the country, except for the unaffiliated California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) and Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC). The second tier consists of competition between student clubs from different colleges, not organized by and therefore not formally representing the institutions or their faculties. This tier is also considered to be "intercollegiate" sports. Many of these sports have governing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
