What are the GAO numbers Ive heard about?
A. Because of concerns that the NCAA numbers included institutions reclassifying from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to the NCAA (perhaps hiding a decrease in men’s opportunities), members of Congress asked the U.S. General Accounting Office to study participation in athletics. The 2001 GAO report calculated participants at all four-year colleges and universities that were members of either the NCAA or the NAIA.
