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sports. Competition is conducted in Divisions I, II and III,
with 44 championships administered for women and 42
for men. Three are co-ed.
Every year, almost 50,000 student-athletes participate
in NCAA championships in all three membership
divisions.
Perhaps the biggest thing to understand about the
American college system is that not all schools compete
on the same playing field. Due to the large number of
schools, and to make sports fairer, the NCAA introduced
the 3-tier division system. In its basic form, Division 1
is the most competitive and preferred of the divisions,
followed by Division 2 and Division 3.
