“…For example, in 1957, NCAA officials agreed to reorganize its firm into a two division structure (e.g., University and College), providing athletic governance to schools the NCAA previously ignored (Falla, 1981). By creating the College Division, the NCAA made an attempt to solicit smaller colleges in the NAIA to join the NCAA, specifically HBCUs (Katz, 1990;Katz & McLendon, 1988). Although the divisional structure was successful, the NAIA and the NCAA still maintained relatively similar membership counts (Wilson, 2005).…”