CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

ARTICLE I.
NAME

The name of this organization shall be “The National Collegiate Athletic
Association.”

(Identical with Article I of the present Constitution, [page 122].)

ARTICLE It.
PURPOSES

The purposes of this Association are:

(1) The upholding of the principle of institutional control of, and
responsibility for, all collegiate sports.

(2) The stimulation and improvement of intramural and intercollegiate
athletic sports.

(3) The promotion of physical exercise among the students of the
educational institutions of the United States.

(4) The establishment of a uniform law of amateurism and of princi-
ples of amateur sports.

(5) The encouragement of the adoption by its constituent members of
strict eligibility rules to comply with high standards of scholarship, ama-
teur standing, and good sportsmanship.

(6) The formulation, copyrighting, and publication of rules of play for
the government of collegiate sports.

(7) The supervision of the regulation and conduct, by its constituent
members, of intercollegiate sports in regional and national collegiate ath-
letic contests, and the preservation of collegiate athletic records.

(8) In general, the study of the various phases of competitive athletics,
physical training, and allied problems, the establishment of standards for
amateur sports, and the promotion of the adoption of recommended
measures, to the end that the colleges and universities of the United States
may maintain their athletic activities on a high plane and may make effi-
cient use of sports for character building.

(Identical with Article II of the present Constitution, [page 122].)

ARTICLE, IIT.

DECLARATION OF SOUND PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

Intercollegiate athletics should be conducted upon sound principles and
with a proper understanding of their relationship to the educational func-
tioning of the college or university to constitute an important and useful
adjunct of undergraduate life and training. In order that institutions may
continue or establish specific policies designed to carry on intercollegiate
athletic programs with standards commensurate with the ideals of the
Association, the following minimum standards shall be approved specific-
ally by the institutions.

Section 1. Amateurism. A college athlete should in all respects meet
the Association’s definition of an amateur sportsman: “An amateur
sportsman is one who engages in sport solely for the physical, mental, or

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