  the university athletic association of the philippines (uaap), established in 1938, is a sports association of eight universities in the philippines. each year, teams from these universities play in 15 sports.  ==history== in 1924 seeing the need to regulate collegiate sports and set general athletic policies, dr. regino ylanan (the university of the philippines physical education director) met with representatives of ateneo de manila (jesuit fathers john hurley, s.j. and henry a. mccullough, s.j.), de la salle college, san beda college, national university, university of manila, university of santo tomas, and institute of accounts (now far eastern university) to discuss possibilities of forming an athletic organization, which eventually became the national collegiate athletic association (ncaa). in 1930, the university of the philippines sponsored an experimental meet of the "big 3" of the league (nu, up, ust) on basketball, football, baseball, volleyball, swimming, track and field, relays, and tennis. the following year (1931), the ncaa board of directors divided the meet into three divisions to put competition on a fairer basis and to stimulate athletics among a greater number. in march 1932, nu, up, and ust formally seceded from the ncaa. led by up's candido c. bartolome, nu's leon tirol and ust's fr. silvestre sancho, the move was made to put competitions on equal footing, to increase amateur athletic competitions and to separate the universities from the college members of the league. on april 6, the "big 3 league" is born. on august 14, the "big 3" association is inaugurated with a meet that starts with basketball. other events were swimming, baseball, relays, track and field, volleyball, tennis and soccer. in 1935, up did not participate in the "big 3 league" because of mass intramurals at the state university. nu and ust held the meet with feu (formerly institute of accounts) taking up's place. in 1938, the university of the philippines alumni a
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