“…These need-based sub-principles have recently been further examined in national sport governing bodies (Dittmore, Mahony, Andrew, & Hums, 2009) as well as intercollegiate athletics (Kim, Andrew, Mahony, & Hums, 2008; Patrick, Mahony, & Petrosko, 2008). While all of the studies mentioned above focused primarily on distributive justice, Kim and Andrew (2012) and Thorn (2010) were the first to examine other dimensions of organizational justice in intercollegiate athletics (procedural and interactional justice) in order to fully understand the perceptions of fairness regarding resource allocation of the athletic department.…”