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Sports Law Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What year was the NCAA Established? - answer✔1906
When was the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established? -
answer✔1937
What year was the NFHS formed? - answer✔1923
Who has the authority to govern interscholastic athletics within a state to the state association?
- answer✔The state legislature or by judicial decision
Who is responsible for implementing and enforcing regulations governing interscholastic
athletics participation of the member high school? - answer✔Each state's high school athletic
association
Who votes and decides on state association's rules? - answer✔Representatives from the
member institutions
What are some issues that are included in deciding a student's eligibility? - answer✔Academic
Eligibility
Transfer Between Schools
Age Limits
Athlete Conduct and Discipline
Dress/Grooming
Recruiting Practices
Drug Testing of Athletes
What are some of the concerns of other schools allowing participation of home schooled
athletes? - answer✔Dilute already limited resources available for enrolled students
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Allow homeschoolers to play without having to comply with all of the school rules
Dilute school spirit
Encourage recruiting of star athletes
How many states allow home schooled students to try out for sports in the public schools? -
answer✔25
What are the 9 recommendations for racial taunting by fans? - answer✔Adopting minimum
standards for student conduct to be applied consistently across all leagues.
Review of the State's Discrimination Policy.
Revision of ingress and egress procedures for pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Implementing a security staffing plan that adjusts numbers of security staff relative to the
number of spectators in attendance.
Establishing a better communication protocol between the staffs of competitor schools.
Why have courts traditionally viewed High School Athletic Associations as state actors? -
answer✔Because their authority to regulate interscholastic athletics is granted to them by the
state.
Because public officials typically serve as staff or officers in the state high school athletic
associations.
What is the term for fairness in administrative procedures? - answer✔Due Process
What is a limit on the state association's authority to regulate interscholastic athletics? -
answer✔Perspective of the Judiciary
True or False: Most of the principle of governance discussed in the section on interscholastic
athletics also apply to the governance of intercollegiate athletics - answer✔True
To the courts, how is the NCAA viewed? - answer✔A private, voluntary membership
organization
What are the two differences between the governance of Interscholastic and Intercollegiate
athletics? - answer✔There is no statutory or judicial grant of authority from any particular state
and there is a heavy representation of public university officials in the NCAA governance
structure
True or False: The courts once viewed the NCAA as a state actor - answer✔True
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True or False: Since the Tarkanian case, the NCAA has enjoyed immunity from constitutional
attacks on its policies and practices - answer✔True
What are most of the current sport-related litigation against the NCAA based on? -
answer✔Federal Statutes like Title VI, Title IX, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the
antitrust laws
When did the NCAA restructure to a structure that uses a representative form of governance? -
answer✔1997
Who are the 31 members of the Division I Leadership Council and the Legislative Council of the
NCAA? - answer✔University or conference athletics administrators, faculty athletics
representatives, or other institutional administrators assigned duties relevant to athletics
What are the duties of the Division I Leadership Council ? - answer✔Reviewing issues related to
the interests of ethnic minority and female student-athletes, recommending fiscal policy to the
Board of Directors, and coordinating strategic planning.
What are the Legislative Council's duties? - answer✔Serving as the primary legislative authority
with its actions subject to review by the Board of Directors and making interpretations of the
by-laws?
Who are the 18 members of the Division I Board of Directors? - answer✔Presidents and
chancellors from member universities
What are the 4 duties of the Board of Directors? - answer✔1. At its discretion, ratifying,
amending, or defeating legislation adopted by the Legislative Council.
2. Reviewing and approving policies and procedures pertaining to the enforcement program.
3. Establishing a strategic plan and directing general policy.
4. Approving an annual budget
How many voting and nonvoting members are there in the Executive Committee? - answer✔16
voting, 4 nonvoting
What are the duties of the Executive Committee? - answer✔Providing strategic planning for the
overall organization, overseeing the NCAA's budget, and initiating and settling litigation on
behalf of the NCAA.
How many votes does it take to change Division I rules? - answer✔2/3 majority vote of the
Legislative Council
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Sports Law Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What year was the NCAA Established? - answer✔1906
When was the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established? -
answer✔1937
What year was the NFHS formed? - answer✔1923
Who has the authority to govern interscholastic athletics within a state to the state association?
- answer✔The state legislature or by judicial decision
Who is responsible for implementing and enforcing regulations governing interscholastic
athletics participation of the member high school? - answer✔Each state's high school athletic
association
Who votes and decides on state association's rules? - answer✔Representatives from the
member institutions
What are some issues that are included in deciding a student's eligibility? - answer✔Academic
Eligibility
Transfer Between Schools
Age Limits
Athlete Conduct and Discipline
Dress/Grooming
Recruiting Practices
Drug Testing of Athletes
What are some of the concerns of other schools allowing participation of home schooled
athletes? - answer✔Dilute already limited resources available for enrolled students
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Allow homeschoolers to play without having to comply with all of the school rules
Dilute school spirit
Encourage recruiting of star athletes
How many states allow home schooled students to try out for sports in the public schools? -
answer✔25
What are the 9 recommendations for racial taunting by fans? - answer✔Adopting minimum
standards for student conduct to be applied consistently across all leagues.
Review of the State's Discrimination Policy.
Revision of ingress and egress procedures for pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Implementing a security staffing plan that adjusts numbers of security staff relative to the
number of spectators in attendance.
Establishing a better communication protocol between the staffs of competitor schools.
Why have courts traditionally viewed High School Athletic Associations as state actors? -
answer✔Because their authority to regulate interscholastic athletics is granted to them by the
state.
Because public officials typically serve as staff or officers in the state high school athletic
associations.
What is the term for fairness in administrative procedures? - answer✔Due Process
What is a limit on the state association's authority to regulate interscholastic athletics? -
answer✔Perspective of the Judiciary
True or False: Most of the principle of governance discussed in the section on interscholastic
athletics also apply to the governance of intercollegiate athletics - answer✔True
To the courts, how is the NCAA viewed? - answer✔A private, voluntary membership
organization
What are the two differences between the governance of Interscholastic and Intercollegiate
athletics? - answer✔There is no statutory or judicial grant of authority from any particular state
and there is a heavy representation of public university officials in the NCAA governance
structure
True or False: The courts once viewed the NCAA as a state actor - answer✔True
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True or False: Since the Tarkanian case, the NCAA has enjoyed immunity from constitutional
attacks on its policies and practices - answer✔True
What are most of the current sport-related litigation against the NCAA based on? -
answer✔Federal Statutes like Title VI, Title IX, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the
antitrust laws
When did the NCAA restructure to a structure that uses a representative form of governance? -
answer✔1997
Who are the 31 members of the Division I Leadership Council and the Legislative Council of the
NCAA? - answer✔University or conference athletics administrators, faculty athletics
representatives, or other institutional administrators assigned duties relevant to athletics
What are the duties of the Division I Leadership Council ? - answer✔Reviewing issues related to
the interests of ethnic minority and female student-athletes, recommending fiscal policy to the
Board of Directors, and coordinating strategic planning.
What are the Legislative Council's duties? - answer✔Serving as the primary legislative authority
with its actions subject to review by the Board of Directors and making interpretations of the
by-laws?
Who are the 18 members of the Division I Board of Directors? - answer✔Presidents and
chancellors from member universities
What are the 4 duties of the Board of Directors? - answer✔1. At its discretion, ratifying,
amending, or defeating legislation adopted by the Legislative Council.
2. Reviewing and approving policies and procedures pertaining to the enforcement program.
3. Establishing a strategic plan and directing general policy.
4. Approving an annual budget
How many voting and nonvoting members are there in the Executive Committee? - answer✔16
voting, 4 nonvoting
What are the duties of the Executive Committee? - answer✔Providing strategic planning for the
overall organization, overseeing the NCAA's budget, and initiating and settling litigation on
behalf of the NCAA.
How many votes does it take to change Division I rules? - answer✔2/3 majority vote of the
Legislative Council
