The history of intercollegiate athletics illustrates that, from the beginning, which of the following was true? a. marketing and sponsorship were important. b. an enthusiastic and supportive group of faculty were involved. c. cheating is endemic in college sport. d. a problem existed with facilities.

a. Marketing and sponsorship were important.

Explanation:

Intercollegiate Athletics is an event where lot of different colleges participate in Athletics sports event for colleges.It's history illustrates that marketing and sponsorship are very important because without marketing there will be no colleges to participate in the collegiate athletics event and without sponsorship there will be not enough funds to make the event happen.

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