Welcome to your end zone: a three-part series on collegiate athletic associations and programs. 

If you want to play sports at the intercollegiate level, it means that you have to attend a college that belongs to one of the four major intercollegiate associations:  the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association), or the NCCAA (National Christian College Association.)

This is the first installment. It covers what the NCAA association and its divisions are all about and whether you are good enough to make the cut!

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