– FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE EVENT – ROWING HARVARD VS YALE (Lake Winnepesaukee, NH) -Sponsored by Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad 1859 – FIRST BASEBALL GAME (AMHERST VS WILLIAMS) 1864 – FIRST COACH HIRED – YALE (ROWING) 1869 – FIRST FOOTBALL GAME (RUTGERS VS PRINCETON) ICA Student organized 1876 – Students form Intercollegiate Football Association 1895 – BIG 10 CONFERENCE formed – focus on eligibility issues 1902 – First College Bowl Game (Stanford vs. Michigan) 1905 – 18 Football players die & 149 seriously injured causing NYU Chancellor to call for reform – IAAUS formed (Intercollegiate Athletics Association of US) 1 st African American All- America – Football Fritz Pollard IAAUS becomes the NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association 1916 – Rose Bowl Established

’s – Colleges & Universities recognize Intercollegiate Athletics as part of Higher Education and place athletics under purview of Physical Education Department. Coaches given academic appointment. Schools begin funding ICA. First NCAA Championship – Track & Field – 62 Teams First Radio Broadcast of Intercollegiate Event – Princeton & Chicago Football (Sales of Radios went from $60M to $182.5M from ‘22-’27 – programming of sports increased dramatically) Carnegie Report Published painting bleak portrait of college athletics: academic, recruiting, commercialization issues 1931 – IPTAY –Intercollegiate Athletics Booster Club formed at Clemson – NIT founded 1939 –NCAA College Men’s Basketball Championship held – Loss of $2, – First TV Broadcast (NBC) – Columbia & Princeton Baseball 1940 – First TV Broadcast of College Football – Penn vs. Franklin Field 1946 – Sanity Code – Guidelines implemented regarding tuition & fee assistance for college athletes on par with general student population 1950 – NCAA Television Committee Formed 1951 – Walter Byers named 1 st Executive Director of NCAA 1952 – Television Rights Deal of $1.14M negotiated by NCAA for 12 broadcasts of Football – 52 teams spotlighted, majority of money went to teams participating, attendance declined on campus for games. “Full Ride” Scholarship agreed to at NCAA Convention 1965 – Rule – Academic Reform Rule passed

1980’s 1970’s 1990’s 1971 – AIAW Women’s Governing Org 1972 – Title IX – Federal Law 1973 – NCAA creates three (3) Divisions 1973 – Freshman rule eligible to participate (changing rule established in 1903 by Harvard President Eliot) 1976 – College Football Association formed with 61 teams. Threaten to leave NCAA over TV agreement. Took to Supreme Court for right to sell own broadcast rights – Division ! Subdivision divides into DI-A & DI-AA classifications (min. attendance req.) 1979 – Michigan State vs. Indiana State MBB National Championship – TV Broadcast - Highest Rating 1980 – Team USA Wins Olympic Gold – Men’s Ice Hockey (Amateur Athletes) 1981 – NCAA Sponsors first Women’s Championships 1982 AIAW dissolves Football Rights had grown to $281 Million contract with ’83 providing $74 Million alone – US Supreme Court rules in favor of CFA on Anti-Trust Grounds, Schools can negotiate own broadcast agreement 1986 – Prop 48 Introduced 1990 Drug Testing Introduced 1991 – Judith Sweet named 1 st Woman NCAA President 1991 – Knight Commission report issued on Integrity & reform in college athletics 1992 – Proposal No. 16 Introduce – eligibility based on GAP & Test Scores 1995 – NCAA Signs Landmark Deal with CBS for Rights to March Madness (MBB Championships) 8 year - $2B 1998 – BCS Formed

2000’s 2005 – Division I Board of Directors adopt Academic Progress Rate. Teams that fail to meet min. standards may lose scholarship, postseason bans, membership restrictions – NCAA purchases NIT for $56.5 Million 2006 – NCAA celebrates 100 th Anniversary Big 10 Network Launched 2009 IMG College agrees to $110 Million multi-media rights fee with Ohio State Athletics 2009 – Former Student-Athletes file Class Action Lawsuit vs. EA Sports & NCAA NCAA – CBS & Turner Sports agree to 14 year – 11 Billion Agreement to televise March Madness 2010 BCS (Bowl Championship Series) agrees to $500 Million Rights agreement with ESPN to broadcast BCS games for 4 years ($125M per year) 2011 – University of Texas & ESPN launch Longhorn Network. Deal worth $300M over 20 years