College club sports in the United States

Collegiate club sports can exist at schools that do have teams that are part of the NCAA or NAIA.

Much of soccer, flag football, basketball, and tennis is governed by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA).

[3] Water-skiing and Wakeboarding teams are governed by the National Collegiate Water Ski Association (NCWSA).

[8] Governing bodies usually have the job of organizing tournaments, a league, national or regional championships, providing officials for matches, as well as providing rules, regulations, and bylaws which all teams governed by that body are required to follow.

Baseball, football, softball, and basketball are governed by an organization known as CollClubSports, based in Pittsburgh, PA.

The National Intercollegiate Running Club Association also administers a track and field and cross country program.

Due to the lack of a single, national governing body for all club sports, institutions have to put a lot of faith into the students motivation to participate in order to keep the programs running.