The National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA) is a non-profit college sports organization that organizes boxing fights for student athletes . The association falls under the auspices of USA Boxing . After 1960, the NCAA no longer sanctioned boxing. In response, the NCBA was founded in 1976 .
8-453: NCBA member schools are encouraged to develop their instructional and intramural programs with emphasis on the teaching of fundamental novice boxing skills. In order to be eligible to participate in an NCBA member school, a collegiate boxer must be a full-time student at an accredited institution at which he/she is attending for graduation. Participating schools are divided into three sub-associations, by region: Formerly Contestants for
16-554: A graduate student, at the time, was named the first Director of Intramural Sports at the University of Michigan in 1919. The first recreational sports facility in the country opened at the University of Michigan. Mitchell is considered the "father of intramural sports" and taught a class in intramural sports taken by William Wasson, founder of the National Intramural Association (NIA), the forerunner to
24-462: A particular institution, usually an educational institution, for the purpose of fun and exercise or a set geographic region. The term, which is chiefly North American, derives from the Latin words intra muros meaning "within walls", and was used to describe sports matches and contests that took place among teams from "within the walls" of an institution or area. The term dates to the 1840s. It
32-459: Is contrasted with extramural , varsity or intercollegiate sports, which are played between teams from different educational institutions. The word intermural , which also correctly means "between institutions", is a common error for "intramural". The first intramural sports departments were established at Ohio State University and the University of Michigan in 1913. Elmer Mitchell ,
40-578: The National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA). Mitchell later authored Intramural Athletics (ED Mitchell - AS Barnes, 1928), and Intramural Sports . He co-authored Intramural Sports with Pat Mueller. Today, "intramural" tournaments are still organized within a specific community or municipal area , between teams of equivalent age or athletic ability. For example, intramural sports programs are often organized on college campuses to promote competition and fun among
48-457: The national tournament are decided by a regional tournament for each NCBA region, with the first- and second-place boxer from each weight class in each region advancing to the national tournament. It is possible for a boxer to advance to nationals by walkover if they have no opponent. At nationals, the team scoring is conducted as follows: Army Washington Intramural sports Intramural sports are recreational sports organized within
56-619: The recreational sports field throughout the United States, Canada and other countries. In most of the world outside North America, sports scholarships and college sports on the North American model do not exist so the distinction between college and intramural sports has no relevance and is not made. The Canadian Intramural Recreation Association (CIRA) organized intramurals within Canada from 1976 to 2002. CIRA Ontario has been
64-732: The students and teachers sometimes. For most schools and campuses, intramural sports are used to promote wellness and allow students who do not compete on a national ( NCAA ) level an opportunity to be active. NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation, formerly known as the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association, a professional organization based in Corvallis, Oregon , provides a network of more than 4,500 highly trained professionals, students and Associate Members in
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