The NCAA has granted “sand” volleyball emerging sport status, paving the way for colleges to compete at the varsity level in 2010-11.

The organization will spend the next year developing rules that will govern play, including regulations on financial aid, playing dates and recruiting. [...]

The sport, known on the professional and Olympic levels [and everywhere else on the planet] as beach volleyball, will be called sand volleyball to make it more attractive to landlocked schools.

The real question, of course, is whether the NCAA will allow women to wear bikinis.  Because if so, this chick is on the varsity team.  And if you thought there were a lot of beach volleyball posts during the Olympics, buckle up for 2010.  This place is gonna be ground zero of college beach volleyball pictures.  Er, analysis and insight.  College beach volleyball analysis and insight.  Yeah, that’s what I meant.

|The Sporting Blog|