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College Sports Lingo

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This board helps players review College Sports Lingo through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Recruiting, Rankings, Conferences, NIL, Transfer Portal. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Recruiting

    This term describes a high school athlete choosing a college.

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    Commitment

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  • Rankings

    This number one ranking means a team is considered the best in the country.

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    No. 1

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  • Conferences

    This conference includes many major schools in the Southeast.

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    SEC

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  • NIL

    This three-letter term lets college athletes earn from name, image, and likeness.

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    NIL

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  • Transfer Portal

    This system lets college athletes signal interest in changing schools.

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    Transfer portal

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Recruiting

$100 — This term describes a high school athlete choosing a college.
Commitment
$200 — This term describes the day athletes can officially sign scholarship papers.
Signing Day
$300 — This ranking term gives elite football recruits up to five of these.
Stars
$400 — This term describes a coach's official visit from a recruit to campus.
Official visit
$500 — This term describes a recruit backing away from a previous college choice.
Decommitment

Rankings

$100 — This number one ranking means a team is considered the best in the country.
No. 1
$200 — This weekly poll is voted on by sportswriters.
AP Poll
$300 — This ranking system selected the four-team football playoff field from 2014 to 2023.
CFP rankings
$400 — This term describes beating a team ranked higher than expected.
Upset
$500 — This term describes a team's difficulty based on opponents played.
Strength of schedule

Conferences

$100 — This conference includes many major schools in the Southeast.
SEC
$200 — This conference includes many major schools in the Midwest.
Big Ten
$300 — This conference includes Duke and North Carolina.
ACC
$400 — This conference includes Kansas and many central U.S. schools.
Big 12
$500 — This term describes schools changing league membership.
Realignment

NIL

$100 — This three-letter term lets college athletes earn from name, image, and likeness.
NIL
$200 — This type of group often pools booster money for athlete deals.
Collective
$300 — This term describes money athletes can earn from sponsored social posts.
Endorsement
$400 — This term describes an athlete's personal marketability.
Brand value
$500 — This NCAA era change allowed athletes to profit from personal publicity rights.
NIL rules

Transfer Portal

$100 — This system lets college athletes signal interest in changing schools.
Transfer portal
$200 — This term describes a quarterback leaving one school for another.
Transfer
$300 — This eligibility term once required many transfers to sit out a season.
Sit-out year
$400 — This term describes a player who has completed a degree and transfers with eligibility.
Graduate transfer
$500 — This term describes a former player returning to college sports after leaving a program.
Re-entry

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