from
http://www.ncaa.org/library/membership/division_i_manual/2004-05/2004-05_d1_manual.pdf
and
http://www.ncaa.org/library/membership/division_ii_manual/2004-05/2004-05_d2_manual.pdf



1.1 NAME
        The name of this organization shall be "The National
        Collegiate Athletic Association."
1.2 PURPOSES
        The purposes of this Association are:
        (a) To initiate, stimulate and improve intercollegiate
            athletics programs for student-athletes and to promote and
            develop educational leadership, physical fitness,
            athletics excellence and athletics participation as a
            recreational pursuit;
        (b) To uphold the principle of institutional control of,
            and responsibility for, all intercollegiate sports in
            conformity with the constitution and bylaws of this
            Association;
        (c) To encourage its members to adopt eligibility rules to
            comply with satisfactory standards of scholarship,
            sportsmanship and amateurism;
        (d) To formulate, copyright and publish rules of play
            governing intercollegiate athletics;
        (e) To preserve intercollegiate athletics records;
        (f) To supervise the conduct of, and to establish
            eligibility standards for, regional and national athletics
            events under the auspices of this Association;
        (g) To cooperate with other amateur athletics organizations
            in promoting and conducting national and international
            athletics events;
        (h) To legislate, through bylaws or by resolutions of a
            Convention, upon any subject of general concern to the
            members related to the administration of intercollegiate
            athletics; and
        (i) To study in general all phases of competitive
            intercollegiate athletics and establish standards whereby
            the colleges and universities of the United States can
            maintain their athletics programs on a high level.
1.3 FUNDAMENTAL POLICY
        1.3.1 Basic Purpose.  The competitive athletics programs of
              member institutions are designed to be a vital part of
              the educational system. A basic purpose of this
              Association is to maintain intercollegiate athletics as
              an integral part of the educational program and the
              athlete as an integral part of the student body and, by
              so doing, retain a clear line of demarcation between
              intercollegiate athletics and professional sports.

        1.3.2 Obligations of Member Institutions.  Legislation
              governing the conduct of intercollegiate athletics
              programs of member institutions shall apply to basic
              athletics issues such as admissions, financial aid,
              eligibility and recruiting. Member institutions shall be
              obligated to apply and enforce this legislation, and the
              enforcement procedures of the Association shall be
              applied to an institution when it fails to fulfill this
              obligation.

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