2-665: The Pacific Western Athletic Association is a Canadian college athletic conference affiliated in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Commissioner of the PWAA is Scott Foot, esq. College athletic conference In college athletics in the United States , institutions typically join in conferences for regular play under different governing bodies. There are several national and regional associations governing
4-479: The varsity teams of colleges and universities . Varsity teams are typically funded by an institution's athletic department, and under some governing bodies players are eligible for athletic scholarships . This list also includes conferences in sports that the NCAA does not split into divisions. The following table is a sortable listing of the oldest college sports conferences (organizations of athletic teams at
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