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[email protected]. Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference In the late 1970's and the early 1980's, "The conference has made great to the added excitement and challenge a need arose for conferences to represent strides since its inception and I feel we that football brings to this fine con collegiate women's athletics because of will grow even stronger," Commissioner ference . The national prominence of foot- the decline of the Association of Inter Viverito comments. "The 10 members are , ball will also help to increase the visibility collegiate Athletics for women (AIAW) so committed to women's athletics that and enhance the prestige of our women's and the increased role of the National their well-established programs will get programs." Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in even stronger. In addition, I look forward women's sports. During this period of transition, some midwestern universities with similar aca demic and athletic interests bound together in 1982 to form the Gateway Conference.