This HBCU conference still has a goal of women’s flag football as a varsity sport

DURHAM, N.C. — Founded in 1912, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is the oldest conference for athletics at historically Black colleges and universities.

Last week, the CIAA and its teams gathered at a hotel in North Carolina’s Research Triangle for a media day to preview the upcoming football season and to celebrate the conference championship game returning to Durham after a decade-long hiatus. Durham County Memorial Stadium will host the CIAA title game this fall as part of a three-year agreement with the Durham Sports Commission.

But Jacqie McWilliams-Parker — who is in her 13th year as the commissioner of the CIAA — still has another form of football

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