Monasoki Sports Association

The Monasoki Sports Association (MSA) is a non-profit association which regulates athletics of most of Monasoki's colleges and universities as well as the country's only professional sporting organization, the Monasoki Basketball Association (MBA). The organization is headquartered in Qubee, Qubee. As of 2015, the organization is separated into the MBA itself, and three separate divisions for colleges and universites - Division I, Division II, and Division III. Unlike its American counterpart, the NCAA, it does not split its Division I into an upper division and a lower division for football.

History
The MSA was founded in 1921 as the Monasoki College Athletic Association (MCAA). The organization was created by the nation's largest and most well-respected colleges and universities to allow fairness of sporting events across all member schools. At fist, the MCAA regulated men's basketball, football, and baseball only. In 1937, the organization added women's sports, with basketball and softball only. In 1941, the institutions relinquished their control of the MCAA to allow the organization to add new members without fears of insubordination. However, the move would prove costly in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the MCAA ran into serious financial problem. Finally, on January 7, 1982, the MCAA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and would only support college sports through July 1. The NCAA, the ruling authority of college sports in the United States, purchased the assets of the MCAA and began operating the organization on July 1, renaming it to NCAA M (the M for Monasoki). Up until that time, there were no conferences, meaning that each team played whichever opponents they choose. However, effective the 1983 season, the NCAA M mandated that all teams band together to form conferences of no more than seven teams each.

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