April 28, 2008
IHSAA
BOARD, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RULINGS MADE
Nine proposals were approved and four
defeated as the IHSAA Board of Directors met in its annual review of the
Association’s By-Laws in Indianapolis today.
Among the most noteworthy decisions among
the 13 items voted upon by the Board were:
- For athletic
directors and activities directors with oversight for athletics, any
individual hired for 2008-09 or beyond must successfully complete a
specified organization and administration class prior to being employed
for a second year. The proposal was approved 15-1. The specific classes
are offered by the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators
Association (IIAAA) and the National Interscholastic Athletic
Administrators Association (NIAAA).
- The Committee
unanimously turned down a proposal submitted on behalf of the Indiana
Soccer Coaches Association allowing soccer teams an additional regular
season contest if they choose not to compete in a controlled scrimmage or
jamboree at the start of the season. An additional proposal from the
coaches association was withdrawn after it had been approved at last
month’s Executive Committee meeting. It called for any player or
coach who receives five unsportsmanlike yellow cards in a season to be
suspended and not play in the next regularly scheduled contest, including
post-season tournament action.
- In an attempt
to clarify a current rule on how many additional quarters a basketball
player may participate above the set number of four quarters per game, the
group amended and then approved 15-0 a re-wording of rules 52-3 and 102-3.
It allows a player to participate in a maximum of five quarters in a
junior varsity and varsity contest that are played on successive days as
if they were played on the same day.
- The Committee
voted 15-0 that member schools be required to maintain at least one team in
an IHSAA sponsored sport for each gender during each sports season.
- The group
unanimously defeated a proposal that would not allow a dual-sport
student-athlete ejected and suspended in one sport to participate in a
second sport until the suspension is served.
- Defeated by a
12-3 margin was a proposal to limit transfers from gaining athletic
eligibility to those within the public school district serving the
student’s residence or a contiguous district to that same public
school district.
- The elections
for next year’s leadership of the Board and Executive Committee also
were held. Merrillville Athletic Director Janis Qualizza was voted Board
President for 2008-09 and Manchester Principal Nancy Alspaugh was selected
as Vice President. Phil Hoskins, principal at Fairfield, was named
Chairman of the 2008-09 Executive Committee and Phil DeLong, principal at
Castle was confirmed as Vice Chairman.
The Board of Directors is currently
comprised of 19 seats though one seat, filled by a Class 3A representative in District
I, is currently vacant. The Board has four options on each proposal: affirm,
deny, table or amend. A simple majority is necessary to act on any measure. All
items passed during the meeting go into effect July 1, 2008.
A copy of the agenda
used by the Board is available in PDF from the IHSAA website. A copy of the current
by-laws also is available in PDF. All proposals are considered
in the order that the affected rule appears within the current by-laws.
Following the meeting of the Board, the IHSAA Executive Committee conducted its
monthly meeting in which it approved a new assistant commissioner, made an
alteration to the six-team bracket in boys and girls basketball and made its
annual review of gymnastics as a sponsored sport.
- Wes-Del
Principal Phil Gardner was approved as the Association’s next
assistant commissioner. Gardner, a long-time member of the IHSAA Board of
Directors, will take over for retiring Associate Commissioner Ray Craft
beginning July 1. News release
- A change to
the six-team bracket in sectional basketball tournaments was one of the
proposals made by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. The
Committee approved by a 15-1 margin the request to pit each of the two bye
teams against a winning team from the previous round. Previously, the bye
teams played each other in the second semifinal game. The measure will go
into effect with next season’s basketball tournaments.
- Changes to the
five, seven and nine-team basketball brackets as well a proposal to move
the sectional draw date to a week earlier were each defeated by the
Committee, 15-1 and 16-0, respectively.
- In gymnastics,
given less than 25 percent of the membership sponsors the sport, its
status is reviewed annually at this time. After brief discussion and the
fact that largely the same number of schools continue to offer the sport
and participation has seemingly stabilized in recent years, the committee
voted unanimously to retain sponsorship.
About the Board of
Directors
The
IHSAA is governed by its legislative body, the Board of Directors. Composed of
19 individuals (1 seat is currently vacant) elected by member school principals
from three legislative districts, they serve staggered three-year terms. Twelve
board seats are filled by any qualified individual (open seats), and seven
board seats are filled by two qualified female representatives, two qualified
minority representatives, two qualified urban school representatives and one
qualified private school representative. The Board of Directors meets annually
with the responsibility of establishing the Association’s By-Laws and
regulations.
|
District, Seat |
Board Member |
Term Ends |
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District I, Class A |
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June 2008 |
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District I, Class AA |
Phil Hoskins, |
June 2009 |
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District I, Class AAAA |
Geoff Penrod, |
June 2009 |
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District II, Class A |
Phillip Gardner, Wes-Del |
June 2009 |
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District II, Class AA |
Herb Resler, |
June 2008 |
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District II, Class AAA |
Phillip Ford, |
June 2009 |
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District II, Class AAAA |
John Williams, |
June 2008 |
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District III, Class A |
Jed Jerrels, North Daviess |
June 2008 |
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District III, Class AA |
Randy Barrett, Eastern Greene |
June 2009 |
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District III, Class AAA |
Mike Whitten, Boonville |
June 2008 |
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District III, Class AAAA |
Phillip DeLong, Castle** |
June 2009 |
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North District, Female |
Nancy Alspaugh, |
June 2010 |
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North District, Minority |
Robert Falls, |
June 2010 |
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North District, Urban |
Janis Qualizza, |
June 2010 |
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South District, Female |
Pam Noble, |
June 2010 |
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South District, Minority |
Roy Simpson, |
June 2010 |
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South District, Urban |
Paul Neidig, |
June 2010 |
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Private School |
John Marks, |
June 2010 |
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* President ** Vice-President |
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