IHSAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Indianapolis,
Indiana – May 3, 2004
ROLL CALL
President
Lee Lonzo, Vice President Dennis Bunda, William
Amerson, Linda Barnett, Randy Barrett, Jim Feist,
Phillip Gardner,
MINUTES
A motion to
approve the minutes of the
NECROLOGY SERVICE
PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE IHSAA BY-LAWS
Proposals - Submitted by the Commissioner unless otherwise
noted, and to become effective immediately unless
otherwise
stated:
Prop. # Rule, Section, Article Page
1. Definitions Page
x
New: Magnet
School – Public school within a school corporation
specializing in a particular area, for example, languages or technology, in
addition to providing general education.
The student body, in its entirety, must consist of students whose legal
residence is from inside the local school corporation’s boundaries.
A motion to add the definition of
magnet school was made by Patrick Mapes; seconded by Phillip Gardner; motion
approved 17-0.
.
(Submitted by the Commissioner on
behalf of the Cross Country and Track & Field Coaches)
2. Rule 2, Section 1 Page 13
Reword:
Schools may be classified in individual and team sports up to a
maximum of four classes, except football which shall have five classes,
according to the following criteria:
A motion to approve class in
individual sports was made by Dennis Bunda; seconded
by Janis Qualizza; motion failed 2-15, with Randy Barrett
and Debb Stevens supporting the proposal.
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3. Rule
5 – Amateurism Page
19
Delete current Rule 5; Rewrite entire rule 5
Rule 5, Section 1
To be eligible to participate as a representative
of a member school in a sport recognized by the Association, a
student must be an amateur in that
sport.
Rule 5, Section 2
An amateur is one who engages in athletic
competition solely for the physical, mental, social
and pleasure
benefits derived from the activity. To be an amateur in a sport, a student can
not have:
a.
Accepted remuneration, or a benefit other than of a
symbolic nature, directly or indirectly, for athletic
participation in that sport.
b.
Capitalized on athletic fame by receiving money or
gifts of a monetary nature.
c.
Signed a professional contract, directly or
indirectly, in that sport.
d.
Participated in athletic activities, tryouts,
auditions, practices and games held or sponsored by professional athletic
organizations, clubs, or their representatives during the contest season.
e.
Failed to return player equipment or uniforms
issued by a school or non-school team when the season for that sport concluded,
or when the student’s continued participation on such team concluded.
Rule 5, Section 3
A student does not lose amateur status by any of
the following:
a.
Accepting an award approved by the Association, or
which meets the criteria for the award, as described in Rule 6.
b.
Giving or receiving paid instructions, provided the
fees paid are for the instruction and are commensurate with the services
provided.
c.
Accepting reasonable meals, lodging and
transportation. NOTE: See Rule 6-7 regarding college trips.
d.
Receiving a scholarship award to attend an
institution of higher education after high school.
Rule 5, Section 4
A student who has violated the amateur rule in a
sport is ineligible in that sport, beginning the date the student violates the
rule.
a.
A student may apply in writing to the Commissioner,
or designee, for reinstatement, may have his or her amateur
status reinstated and be declared eligible under the amateur rule, provided
(1)
the student remained enrolled in school since the
rule violation,
(2)
the student has returned or reimbursed the
remuneration or benefit,
(3)
the student has not since violated the amateur
rule,
(4)
a period of 365 days, or such other period
as is deemed appropriate, has passed since the date the student violated the rule,
and
(5)
the student’s principal can
certify to the accuracy of the foregoing criteria.
b.
In considering reinstatement, the Commissioner, or
designee, may consider whether the violation was intentional or not, whether
the student knowingly participated in the rule violation, the size and
character of the remuneration or benefit, and any other factor materially
bearing upon the rule violation.
Rule 5, Section 5
A student may not play under an assumed name.
Rule 5, Section 6
A member school violates the amateur rule if the
party giving, or involved with giving, the remuneration or benefit is, directly
or indirectly, a member of the school’s student body, a member of
the school’s staff or a booster or fan of the school’s athletic program and/or
other extracurricular activities. A violation of
the amateur rule by a member school will result in the penalties described in
Rule 17-7.1.
A motion to approve the clarification
of Rule 5 (Amateurism) was made by Phil Hoskins; seconded by Pam Noble; motion
approved
17-0.
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4. Rule
6 – Awards, Prizes, Gifts Page 21
Delete current Rule 6; Rewrite entire rule 6
Rule 6, Section 1
It is a violation of the awards rule for a student,
directly or indirectly to accept merchandise, or to accept the
use of merchandise, or to purchase merchandise
for an amount which is not commensurate with the value of
the merchandise,
as an award for participation in a sport recognized by the Association. It is also a violation of
the award rule
for the member school to give an award which fails to comply with the spirit of
the award rule.
The giving and
receiving of awards shall be kept within reasonable bounds, shall have symbolic
value only and
shall only be
accepted with the consent and under the supervision of the member school
principal.
Note: The word “symbolic” shall be understood to
refer to a symbol, an emblem or a token.
A
diamond ring, an automobile or similar
awards do not fall under the term “symbolic” even if the award
is duly inscribed. An inscription cannot validate such awards.
Rule 6, Section 2
A member school may give, and a student may accept,
annually, in each sport recognized by the Association,
the following:
a.
One sweater, jersey, jacket, blanket or similar
article in recognition of a student’s
participation in each sport.
b.
A trophy or similar article of symbolic
value in addition to the one award permitted above, provided the cost of the
award shall not exceed the cost of the one award permitted under Item a.
Rule 6, Section 3
A student may accept the following, relative to
sports recognized by the Association, provided they are made within the bounds
of Rule 6-2:
a.
An award from an athletic conference which is given
to the winning or successful schools and winning or successful
participants.
b.
An award from an athletic
conference which is given to a winning or
successful participant.
c.
An award from a local
organization, such as a service club, patriotic organization, civic group, and
dad’s or
mother’s club,
provided the award is approved by the member school’s principal.
d.
A symbolic tribute to a member
school’s athletes, the naming of a
player of the game or week, or similar honor, from a commercial
business, provided the student does not accept merchandise, meals, cash, etc. for such
honor
Rule 6, Section 4
Students, with respect to participation in a sport
recognized by the Association, may not accept, directly or indirectly, awards,
medals, recognitions, gifts or honors from colleges, universities or higher
institutions of learning, or their alumni. A student, however, may accept transportation
and expenses paid by colleges and universities for recruiting purposes during
the senior year, if conducted within the limitations of college athletic codes
and if approved by the member school’s principal. Likewise a student may accept a scholarship
award to attend an institution of higher education after graduation.
Rule 6, Section 5
All awards for teams and students participating in
Association tournament series’ shall be determined by the Executive Committee.
a.
These official awards shall be the only awards
presented at the tournament site.
b.
No member school shall accept a state finals
championship or runner-up award in an IHSAA recognized sport unless the award
is approved by the IHSAA and the member school principal.
c.
Additional state championship or runner-up medals,
as needed, may be ordered by the principal through the Commissioner, upon
giving the name and position of the recipient.
d.
A member school may purchase, at its own expense,
the official IHSAA state finals championship or runner-up ring. NOTE:
The application for approval to order must be submitted by the
principal, to the Commissioner on the application form provided by the
IHSAA. A school check to cover the
expense of the ring must accompany the order.
e. No ring other than the official IHSAA
state final championship or runner-up ring may be accepted or purchased.
Rule 6, Section 6
A violation of the awards rule by a student or
member school will result in the penalties described in Rule 17-7.1.
A motion to approve the clarification
of Rule 6 (Awards) was made by Randy Barrett; seconded by Roy Simpson; motion
approved 17-0.
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5. Rule
9, Section 16 Page
28
Expand: Withdrawal of a school athletic team from an
athletic contest other than in emergency situations
which are beyond
the control of school personnel and unless by mutual consent of
both schools may jeopardize
the
standing of the school in the Association.
A motion to approve the clarification
on when it is appropriate to remove a team from a contest was made by Phillip
Gardner; seconded by Linda Barnett; motion approved 17-0.
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6. Rule
12, Section 4 Page
34
New: A student is eligible to participate in an athletic
program involving IHSAA recognized sports only at the
member school in
which the student is enrolled and attends. The foregoing not withstanding, if a
student is
enrolled at and
attends a magnet school that is a part of the school corporation in which the
student legally
resides, the student may participate
in the athletic program at the public school serving the student’s residence
provided:
a.
The magnet school does not accept any student who
is not a legal resident within the boundaries of the sponsoring
school corporation,
b.
The magnet school does not sponsor any athletic
program involving an IHSAA recognized sport, whatsoever,
c.
Prior to participation, the student, through the
IHSAA member school, provides proof that the spirit of the eligibility rules
will not be compromised and received written approval from the Association, and
d.
The magnet school student seeking eligibility must
adhere to all IHSAA standards for eligibility including, but not limited to,
academic standards, behavioral expectations and attendance requirements.
A motion to approve a statement that
further defines “magnet school” was made by Roy Simpson; seconded by Randy
Barrett; motion approved 17-0.
.
(Submitted by Terry Thompson,
Principal,
7. Rule
15, Section 1, Article 5 Page
40
New: Effective in 2005-06, member schools shall observe
a moratorium on all inter-school athletic competitions
on the dates preceding the
administration of the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress
(ISTEP).
Teams would be allowed to hold
conditioning sessions and/or athletic practices on these
dates so long as they
were concluded
prior to
A motion to approve a moratorium on
all athletic competition on school nights preceding ISTEP testing was made by Patrick
Mapes; seconded by Roy Simpson; motion failed 1-16, with Roy Simpson supporting
the proposal. The sense of the Board of
Directors was that this is an important and pertinent issue that each school
should handle individually.
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8. Rule
16 – Protests
Administrative
Decisions
Rule 16, Section 3 Page
47
Change: In cases of disputes or
protests involving a student, the principal of the school involved must furnish
the Committee all student information as listed in Rule 3-9. Other pertinent information will be requested
as needed. If a student
meets all of the standards of the eligibility rules, but is ineligible due to
an administrative error, such as the failure to be listed on an entry list, etc., the same
procedure as outlined in Rule 3-9 applies. However, if the student’s
ineligibility is for or during the IHSAA Tournament Series, the member
school, may seek a waiver of the disqualification and the
penalties to be assessed by affirmatively showing that the ineligibility was in
no way the result of the acts or omissions of the student, that the incident
was not intentional, that facts were not purposely withheld or withheld until
an advantageous time and that the disqualification and penalty
will result in an undue hardship, and by proposing an alternative penalty. Any approval or denial of a proposed alternative
penalty shall be at the discretion of the Commissioner, and shall be considered
as final, binding and not reviewable.
Rule 16, Section 5 Page
47
Delete:
If, after receiving a protest, it is determined
that information has purposely been withheld until an “advantageous” time, the
Committee may, at its discretion, deny the protest.
A motion to amend the process for determining
penalties for administrative errors made during the tournament series was made
by Phil Hoskins; seconded by Geoff Penrod; motion approved 17-0.
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9. Rule
17, Section 4, Article 1 Page
49
Change: Any Affected party may appeal a
decision of the Commissioner or his designee to the Review Committee for a
review and hearing. The review Committee
is the initial review panel of all Association decisions and must consider all
Association decisions prior to any review either by the case review panel
described at Rule 17-10 or by any other body.
If an affected party declines to cooperate by either refusing to provide
information, or by refusing to meet with the principal or Commissioner or his designee
after having been requested to do so, that party shall forfeit all rights to
appeal. A request for appeal must be by
written request to the Association, via the principal, and received by the
Association within seven (7) days of the date of mailing of the
decision of the Commissioner or his designee; otherwise, the decision shall be
final.
A motion to remove the statement
requiring that all appeals be submitted by the member school principal was made
by Jim Feist; seconded by Michael Powell; motion
approved 17-0.
.
(Submitted
by Rick Russ, Principal,
10. Rule 17, Section 8,
Article 1 Page
53
Change:
Except with respect to Rules 4, 12 and 18, the Commissioner, his
designee or the Committee shall have
the authority to set aside the effect of any Rule when the affected party establishes,
to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Commissioner, his designee or the Committee, all of the following conditions
are met:
a.
Strict
enforcement of the Rule in the particular case will not serve to accomplish the
purpose of the Rule;
b.
The
spirit of the Rule has not bee violated; and
c.
There
exists in the particular case circumstances showing an undue hardship that
would result from enforcement of the rule.
The Committee shall have the
exclusive authority to set aside the effect of Rules 4, 12 and 18 only when the
affected party establishes, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Committee,
the following hardship situation:
a.
The affected party has a disability as that term is
defined under state and federal law;
b.
The affected party will be excluded from athletic
eligibility pursuant to the Rule by reason of his/her disability; and
c.
A reasonable accommodation is appropriate in
accordance with state and federal law and would not be so at odds with the
purposes behind the Rule that it would constitute a fundamental and
unreasonable change.
A motion to approve a rule change
that would allow the IHSAA Review Committee to, under certain specific
circumstances, permit a student athlete to be eligible even if Rule 4, 12, or 18
had been violated, was made by Patrick Mapes; seconded by Linda Barnett; motion
failed 0-17.
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11. Rule 17, Section 9,
Item b Page 54
Change: the student establishes, to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Commissioner, his designee or the
Committee,
that he or she has, or had, a disability as defined in the Individuals With Disabilities Act, 20 U.S.C. §
1403(3)
1401(3);
A motion to correct the citation in
the By-Laws with reference to the Individual with Disabilities Act was made by
Michael Powell; seconded by Debb Stevens; motion approved
17-0.
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12. Rule 50, Section 1 Page
70
Reword: There shall be ten separate day of organized
practice in that sport under the direct supervision of
the high school coach staff in that sport by
each player preceding the date of participation in interschool
contests. Only one
practice may be counted for any one day.
Rule 101, Section 1 Page 86
Reword: There shall be ten separate day of organized
practice in that sport under the direct supervision of
the high school coach staff in that sport by
each player preceding the date of participation in interschool
contests. Only one
practice may be counted for any one day.
Rule 50, Section 1, Article 1 Page 70
Reword: Individual student athletes moving directly
from one sport season to the next sport season may be
Eligible
to participate in a following season contest after five separate days of
organized practice under the
direct supervision of the high school coaching staff in that sport.
Rule 101, Section 1, Article 1 Page 86
Reword: Individual student athletes moving directly
from one sport season to the next sport season may be
Eligible
to participate in a following season contest after five separate days of
organized practice under the
direct supervision of the high school coaching staff in that sport.
A motion to approve the clarification
that official practices must be conducted by the member school’s coaching staff
in that sport was made by Randy Barrett; seconded by Roy Simpson; motion
approved 17-0.
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13. Rule 50 (Chart) Page
70
Authorized Season Contests
Wrestling 16+1T
18
Rule 60, Section 2 Page
82
Reword: The maximum number of meets for the regular
schedule of any student or team in wrestling shall be:
a. sixteen eighteen
dual meets and one tournament in addition to the
state tournament series; or
b.
additional tournaments may be scheduled up to a maximum of six
seven
provided each tournament counts as two of the sixteen eighteen
dual meets. Each weigh-in for any
tournament shall count as only one weigh-in toward the minimum requirements for
state tournament series qualification.
NOTE:
An interschool wrestling meet which involved three or more schools shall
be considered a tournament.
A motion to approve the statement
that clarifies the number of wrestling contests allowed per season was made by
Linda Barnett; seconded by Jim Feist; motion approved
17-0.
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14. Rule 52, Section 3,
Item c(2) Page
74
Expand: No player may participate in more than five
quarters in the same one session. When multiple games
are played on one
admission ticket without clearing the gymnasium i.e. junior-varsity
game followed by a
varsity game, it is
considered one session.
Rule 102, Section 3, Item c(2) Page
87
Expand: No player may participate in more than five
quarters in the same one session. When multiple games
are played on one
admission ticket without clearing the gymnasium i.e. junior-varsity
game followed by a
varsity game, it is
considered one session.
A motion to approve the statement that
clarifies the definition of a basketball session was made by Phil Hoskins;
seconded by Phillip Gardner; motion approved 17-0.
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15. Rule 52, Section 3,
Item d Page 74
New:
No
team or player may participate in more than two tournament games in one day.
Rule 102, Section 3, Item d Page 87
New:
No
team or player may participate in more than two tournament games in one day.
A motion to approve the mandate that
player may not participate in more than two tournament games in one day was
made by Randy Barrett; seconded by Jim Feist; motion
approved 16-1, with Geoff Penrod dissenting.
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16. Rule 52, Section 8 Page
75
Delete:
Basketball teams and players shall be limited to two (2) week night
games per week exclusive of
conference, invitational, and county
tournaments. A week night game is
defined as a night game when school
is scheduled the next day.
This rule shall not apply when weather related postponements, etc.,
require games
to be rescheduled.
Rule 102, Section 8 Page
88
Delete: Basketball teams and players shall be limited
to two (2) week night games per week exclusive of
conference, invitational, and county
tournaments. A week night game is
defined as a night game when school
is scheduled the next day.
This rule shall not apply when weather related postponements, etc.,
require games
to be rescheduled.
A motion to approve the limit of two week
night games per week, exclusive of county and conference tournaments was made
by Phillip Gardner; seconded by Michael Powell; motion approved 16-1, with
Patrick Mapes dissenting.
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17. Rule 111, Section 3 Page
95
Change: The maximum number of season matches for any
team or student shall be 25 plus two tournaments
in addition to the state tourney series with no more than 9 matches per
calendar week and/or four matches in
any one day. Volleyball
teams and players shall be limited to two (2) week night matches per week
exclusive of
conference, and county tournaments. A week night match is defined as
a night when school is scheduled the
next day. This rule shall not apply when weather
related postponements, etc., require matches to be
rescheduled.
a.
If
an additional tournament is entered beyond the two allowed, each match in the
additional tournament
shall be counted in the regular season
limit.
A motion to approve limiting
volleyball matches to two school nights per week was made by Patrick Mapes;
seconded by Michael Powell; motion failed 0-17.
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RESOLVED: That the by-laws, rules, and regulations
contained in and as stated by the 2004-05 printed booklet of the Indiana High
School Athletic Association, Inc., entitled “By-Laws and Articles of
Incorporation” be and the same are hereby approved and declared to be the
official Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc., By-Laws, as amended,
and subject to further amendments by the
A motion to approve the resolution
was made by Michael Powell; seconded by
A.
Elect
President and Vice-President [Article IV, Section 3l(1)]
of the
B.
Elect
Chairman and Vice-Chairman [Article IV, Section 3l(2)]
of the Executive Committee for 2004-05 from the class of 2005. Lee Lonzo was nominated to serve as Chairman
of the 2004-05 Exe
C.
Adjournment
A motion to adjourn the IHSAA Board
of Directors meeting was made by Cassel White; seconded by Debb
Stevens; motion approved 17-0.
The
next regularly scheduled meeting of the IHSAA Board of Directors will be on