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Reason Notre Dame played a national football schedule beginning in the 1920's

In 1914 this University opened their 70,000 seat football stadium

The first NCAA National Championship took place in 1921 in this sport

The Western Conference was formed in 1896 and today is known as

No person, based on sex, can be excluded from any educational program receiving federal funds

In 1954 this Athletic League was formed as a model for presidential and faculty oversight

This University embraces athletics and hired Amos Alonzo Stagg in 1892.

This University President terminates the Football Program in 1939

In 1967 this governing body was formed to govern women's athletics and administer championships

In 1992 this conference split into 2 FB divisions and hosted first Conference Championship game

1998 ruling the NCAA violated the antitrust law - forced to pay $54.5 million in back pay

In 1905 this US President challenges schools to reform college FB's cheating and brutality.

The first intercollegiate football game was played in 1869 between

Year SMU received the Death Penalty for NCAA violations

The 1929 Carnegie Foundation released a report on College Athletics focusing on

In 1891 this sport was invented by a Springfield College Professor

In 1852 Harvard and Yale competed in the first intercollegiate competition in this sport

In 2015, this University's FB students voted against forming a union

This former UCLA MBB player sued the NCAA over image rights ultimately prompting COA payments

Amherst played Williams in 1859 in the first intercollegiate competition in this sport

22 female student-athletes in 1992 filed a Title IX lawsuit against this university

First school with All-African American starting lineup to win a national championship in 1966

In 2010 CBS/Turner reached a 14-year deal with the NCAA to pay $10.8 billion to broadcast this

In 1996, this University made their head FB coach the first to be guaranteed $1m annually

This school sued the NCAA for violating the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts in 1984

From 1992-1994 the NCAA reduced football scholarships to 85 from

In 1978, this Company began contracting with coaches to wear their shoes and uniforms

After medaling in the 1968 Olympics these two US athletes protest during the national anthem

Freshmen were ineligible to participate as varsity athletics in the NCAA until this year

First NCAA March Madness contract with CBS for $1 billion was signed in this year

The first televised intercollegiate contest was aired on NBC in 1939 between these two schools

This Governing body formed in 1940 and added Canadian Schools in 1972

In 1991, this "Commission" released the first of their three reports critical of college sports