{"id":51963,"date":"2025-06-04T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandboxomgeving.nl\/wiki\/faq\/what-is-the-naia\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T17:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:51:27","slug":"what-is-the-naia","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/en\/wiki\/faq\/what-is-the-naia\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the NAIA?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naia.org\/landing\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(NAIA<\/a>), like the NCAA, is an American college sports association. About 250 universities fall under the NAIA.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compared to the NCAA, the schools that have joined the NAIA are often private universities and are generally somewhat smaller in terms of student body size. 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