The National Collegiate Licensing Association (NCLA) and the Association of Collegiate Licensing Administrators (ACLA) have announced they will consolidate to form the International Collegiate Licensing Association (ICLA). The change will be effective July 1, 2002.

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) will administer ICLA.

This is the ninth association NACDA administers. The others are the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA), National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD), National Association of Athletics Compliance Coordinators (NAACC), College Athletic Business Management Association (CABMA), Division I-AA Athletics Directors Association, Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association, Division II Athletics Directors Association and the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA).

ICLA is being created to bring together the field of intercollegiate licensing. It is a higher education association whose membership will be composed of licensing administrators from college bookstores, institutional business offices, intercollegiate athletics departments and conferences, university legal counsel and other areas associated with the collegiate licensing profession.

"We are pleased NCLA and ACLA are joining forces to create a unified, cohesive entity for collegiate licensing," said Lee Workman, incoming president for ICLA and assistant athletics director at East Carolina University. "This move should provide the collegiate industry with a better opportunity to serve all collegiate licensing professionals and to enhance relationships on and off campuses for the benefit of all ICLA members in reaching their licensing goals."

The association's purpose is "to foster the highest possible professional and ethical standards, while providing licensing practitioners a broad range of professional advancement opportunities.

The ICLA's mission also is to improve the overall understanding and effectiveness of institutional trademarks/tradenames and licensing, while upholding the ideals of higher education.