TO PROVIDE ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS THE BENEFITS OF AN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, NAMELY TO : 1) PROMOTE WHOLESOME COMPETITION AMONG SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS; 2) ENCOURAGE COMMON RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE COLLEGES AND THEIR VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES; 3) PROMOTE EQUAL COMPETITION THROUGH AGREED UPON CONFERENCE STANDARDS; 4) PROMOTE THE NAIA CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER PROGRAM; 5) ENCHAGE THE COMPETITION FOR GREAT MEDIA AND PUBLIC EXPOSURE; 6) PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CURRICULUM OF THE MEMBER INSTITUTIONS; 7) COLLECT, DISSEMINATE AND PRESERVE CONFERENCE, INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM RECORDS.