Thanks for all you do!
Joe Evans
Associate Director
Wanda Gilliland Assistant Director
Steve Bailey
AHSADCA
Ron Ingram
Communications
Greg Brewer
Officials
Alan Mitchell
Publications
AHSAA
RULES
Joe Evans
COACHES EDUCATION
Fundamentals of Coaching Course offered on line
PREPARE Sports First Aid course offered by the National
Center for Sports Safety (NCSS ).
ASEP Sport First Aid course may be taken on line from
NOTE: A school using a non-certified coach that is not
involved in the Coaches Education Program will be fined
$300 and the coach will be suspended.
All coaches and non-faculty coaches must meet standards
of certification requirements.
Non-Faculty Coaches must complete Coaching Principles
and Sports First Aid courses and pass both in order to
qualify to receive a coaching card.
First-Time Coaches In The AHSAA have two years to
complete Coaching Principles and Sport First Aid courses
Staff training for youth suicide prevention.
Transfer Rule
A student is eligible in the school zone in which
his/her parents reside (public, private or
parochial schools). Any student who completes
one year's attendance at a school outside his/her
home school zone and fulfills all other
requirements becomes eligible in that school.
(This does not apply to foreign exchange
students.)
A student whose parents make a bona fide
move completely out of one school zone into
another school zone may transfer all his/her
rights and privileges to the member school that
serves the area where the parents reside.
Transfer Rule Cont.
The following factors are basic guidelines for determining a bona
fide move:
a. The household furniture of the family must be moved into an
unoccupied house or
apartment.
b. All principal members of the family must reside in the new
place of residence
c. The original residence should be closed, rented or disposed of
and not used by the family.
d. Nine months at the new residence will be required to make a
move bona fide.
Note: If a family moves into a now school zone and remains
there for less than nine months, the move will not be considered
bona fide and the family's child who is enrolled in the new school
zone becomes ineligible there the day the family leaves the new
school zone.
The student remains ineligible for a full calendar year from the
date the family moved out of the new zone. However, if the
student did not participate in athletics, the period of ineligibility
will be 12 months from the date of the student's enrollment.
Custody or legal guardianship set up with anyone will not
establish immediate athletic eligibility.
Enrollment Rules
A student must be enrolled within
the first 20 days of a semester as a
regular student in the school system
where the student will participate.
The 20-day requirement may be
waived under extenuating
circumstances. Note: A regular
student is one who is enrolled at the
school and is taking six new subjects
of work.
Academic Rule
Students entering the 10th, 11th and 12th grades must
have passed during the last two semesters in attendance
and summer school, if applicable, at least six new Carnegie
units with a minimum composite numerical average of 70 in
those six units. Four core courses must be included in those
units passed and averaged. English, mathematics, science
and social studies are core curriculum courses.
Students entering the 8th and 9th grades must have
passed during the last two semesters in attendance and
summer school, if applicable, at least five new subjects with
a minimum composite numerical average of 70 in those five
subjects.
Academic Rule Cont.
Students entering the 7th grade for the
first time are eligible.
Students may regain eligibility at the end
of the first semester by meeting the same
requirements listed above during their last
two semesters in attendance and summer
school, if applicable. All first semester
work used in regaining eligibility must be
completed by the fifth day of the second
semester.
Age Rule
A high school student who has
reached his/her 19th birthday before
Aug. 1 is ineligible. Any junior high
(ninth grade) student who has
reached his/her 16th birthday before
Aug. 1 is ineligible. Any middle
school student who has reached
his/her 15th birthday before Aug. 1
is ineligible.
AHSAA
POINTS OF
EMPHASIS
Wanda Gilliland
Issues, Fines and Penalties
Conduct Rule
Sportsmanship
Academic Eligibility
Transfers/Bona Fide
Move
Overlapping School
Zones
Outside Participation
Independent Rule
Amateur Rule
Divorce/Custody
Sunday Scheduled
Contest
FINES PER DISTRICT
2007-08 school year
DISTRICT
FINES TOTAL
District 1
26
$7,800.00
District 2
43
$13,500.00
District 3
45
$15,550.00
District 4
43
$13,700.00
District 5
55
$19,300.00
District 6
40
$12,000.00
District 7
34
$10,350.00
District 8
88
$27,700.00
TOTAL
374
$119,900.00
AHSAA Goal for Every Sport
No Ejections!
Comprehensive
Strategy
CLAS
Department Of
Education
AHSAA
STAR Sportsmanship
Initiative Was
Developed Three
Years Ago
Login through
Learning Through Sports
www.learningthroughsports.com
Web Based program using videos
to educate students, parents,
coaches, and officials
Proactive and Behavioral
Provide Reports to CLAS, AHSAA,
and the Department of Education
From June 1st to date
$119,000 in fines
have been levied
COACHES CONDUCT
Sportsmanship at all times
Be the example
The AHSAA has ZERO TOLERANCE
for profanity.
INVOICING FOR FINES
Payment due
30 days after
notification
FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES DUE IN
MARCH 1
OPEN DATES
SCHEDULE SANCTIONED TEAMS ONLY
DECLARATION FORM 26
Due May 1
Sports your school
plans to field in
2008-09 school
year
BASKETBALL ROSTERS
Due Jan. 28
Form 43 can now be
used to type and
submit basketball
tournament rosters
online.
Area tournament
brackets can also be
submitted online.
Forms for all sports
can be found at the
member section of the
AHSAA website.
Get Involved
Steve Bailey
All-Star Sports Week
Coaches School
Rules Clinic
Eight All-Star
Games
Coaches Education
Golf Tournament
Combine
PRINCIPALS
ATHLETIC DIRECTORS
CONFERENCE
First Principal/Athletic Director Conference set for April 11
At Embassy Suites, Montgomery
Sponsored by AHSADCA
Registration cost: $25 per person
Featured topics include: new AHSAA software update and
procedures, drug testing policies and procedures, current
issues in sports medicine, Title IX, NCAA Clearing House
requirements, and an open forum with an AHSAA attorney
on current legal issues in athletics.
ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI
ALL-STAR CLASSIC
Basketball all-star nominations
Football all-star nominations
Basketball game in March
Football game in December
AHSADCA SCHOLARSHIPS
10 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS ESTABLISHED BY AHSADCA
WILL BE AWARDED THIS SUMMER AT ALL-STAR WEEK
APPLICANTS MUST BE CHILDREN OF AN ACTIVE AHSADCA
MEMBER AND MUST BE A 2008 GRADUATING SENIOR.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS, MAY 1, 2008.
APPLICATION FORM ON ASHSADCA WEBSITE (see
ahsaa.com).
OTHER AHSADCA NEWS
Sportsmanship manual on the way
NATS testing to assist coaches and
players
North-South all-star teams to be
selected
AHSAA
PROMOTE YOUR
SCHOOL’S TEAMS
Ron Ingram
THE MEDIA:
Sportswriters and sportscasters have a tremendous
influence in molding public opinion and behavior at athletic
contests. They often have opportunities to point out good
and bad practices to the public.
Media representatives will only be effective when they are
constructive and impartial. They should give constructive
examples of sportsmanship in the press and on the air.
They should be an example of a good loser when their
home teams lose.
Know the game they are reporting and help inform the
public on the rules of the game.
Support the decisions of the coach and no secondguessing.
RECLASSIFICATION STUDY
MISSISSIPPI
Football has five classes with 32 in 5A playing in four regions
Class 1A has four regions as well with 43 schools
2007-09 football alignment
5A - 32 schools
4A - 57 schools
3A - 56 schools
2A - 51 schools
1A - 43 schools
2007-09 basketball/baseball alignment
5A - 32 schools
4A - 57 schools
3A - 56 schools
2A - 56 schools
1A - 58 schools
Schools are reclassified on odd years with attendance based on even years
Schools are classified with the 32 largest in 5A. The remaining schools are then
divided by four and placed equally by student enrollment. If two schools tie for the
final spot, they could both be required to play up to the higher class.
ODDITIES
Classes 2A, 3A and 4A can start practice four weeks prior to the last Friday
in August with that date allowed for season opening games.
Classes 1A and 5A start practice four weeks prior to the first Friday in
September with opening games aligned accordingly.
Basketball teams can play 23 regular season games, three tournaments and
up to two preseason classics with permission from the MHSAA.
RECLASSICATION STUDY
GEORGIA
405 schools (5 classifications)
2006-08 alignment
5A - 70 (schools)
4A - 82
3A - 86
2A - 78 (2 non football playing schools)
1A - 89 (25 non football playing schools)
Set an arbritrary percentage (changed this year)
1A: 525 or below
5A: 1850 or above
All the rest were divided 1/3, 1/3, 1/3
Can choose to play up.
RECLASSICATION STUDY
FLORIDA
Florida has three categories for alignment:
Football
Team sports
Individual sports (includes wrestling, tennis, golf, track) – state
team champs are decided by adding individual player totals – like
Alabama
CLASSIFICATIONS ARE DECIDED BY TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
DIVIDED BY EIGHT BASICALLY
2006-08 football alignment
6A - 83 schools (2,584 to 4,742 students)
5A - 81 schools (2,055 to 2,583 students)
4A - 82 schools (1,708 to 2,054 students)
3A - 82 schools (1067 to 1,708 students)
2A - 41 schools (617 to 1,066 students)
2B - 41 schools (411 to 616 students)
1A - 42 schools (233 to 410 students)
1B - 47 schools (50 to 232 students)
Teams play in 4 to 7 team areas based on geography
32-team brackets for playoffs (area winner and runner-up) from
16 areas in classes 6A through 3A. Classes 2A/2B and 1A/1B have
eight areas with 16-team brackets in each.
RECLASSICATION STUDY
TENNESSEE
2005-09 football alignment (299 schools listed)
5A - 62 schools (Region 7 has 9 and Region 3 has 6)
4A - 60 schools (Five regions have 8 schools, two have 7 and
Region 8 has 6)
3A - 57 schools (Region 3 has 9 schools and Region 8 has 5)
2A - 58 schools (Nine regions total with Region 9 and Region 3
with 5 teams; Region 8 has 8)
1A - 62 schools (Regions range from 10 in Region 5 to 5 in Region
8)
Division II – 39 schools in 3 regions.
2005-09 basketball, baseball, softball alignment (3 Classes, 16
districts) (375 schools listed)
AAA - 115 schools (District 6 has 4 teams, others range from 6 to
9)
AA - 111 schools (Districts 15 and 16 have 5 schools, Dis. 5 and 6
have 9, others 6 to 8)
A - 113 schools (Has 17 districts, but District 0 has just 3 teams
and may not compete; others range from 5 in District 1 to 10
schools in District 14)
Division II – 36 Has Region A and AA with 16 teams competing in
A and 20 in AA)
COACHING DIRECTORY
•Coaching directory info
posted online
•Deadline for 2008-09
directory, Sept. 1
Al.com and the AHSAA
A partnership for the kids
Online championship events
Sportsmanship blog
Coaches blogs
Online statistics and school pages
Instant scores, summaries
AHSAA
WORKING FOR YOU
Executive Director Steve Savarese
Championship Sports
11-Boys and Girls
The AHSAA is redesigning its website
AHSAA UPDATES
Rosters can now be submitted on line (For basketball, form
43)
New MEMBER WEBSITE
Football Injury Survey
SANCTION REQUEST PROCEDURE NOT USED WHEN OUTOF-STATE TEAM IS INVOLVED
CHARACTER EDUCATION COURSE NOW MANDATORY
INDOOR TRACK NOT SANCTIONED BY AHSAA THIS SEASON
TWO WEEKS ADDED TO OUTDOOR SEASON
AHSAA UPDATES
State Final Four Basketball tourney
dates changed to Feb. 25-29
State wrestling tourney moves to
Huntsville: Feb. 7-9
Outdoor track season begins two
weeks early
Hall of Fame banquet: March 17
Alabama-Mississippi All-Star
Basketball at Pelham: March 20
Youth Suicide…
The “Silent Epidemic”
In the 2005 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey conducted by the Center for Disease
Control (CDC) and local states – youth surveyed in grades 9 – 12
State of Alabama and National results:
•EXPERIENCING FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS OR SADNESS FOR 2 OR MORE WEEKS 28.5% of Alabama youth said they had felt that way MORE THAN ONE out of every
FOUR youth – Nationally 28.5%. Over 93,000 Alabama youth*
•CONSIDERED SUICIDE IN PAST YEAR - 17.1% of Alabama youth reported they had,
MORE THAN ONE out of every SIX – Nationally, 16.9%. Over 56,000 will consider
suicide in the next 12 months
•MADE A PLAN TO COMMIT SUICIDE IN LAST YEAR - 15.0% of Alabama youth had
gone as far as to construct a plan, that is over ONE out of SEVEN – Nationally, 13%
Over 49,000 Alabama Youth will make a plan.
•ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN PAST YEAR: 10% of Alabama youth reported they had
attempted suicide one or more times. That is 1 in 10 -- 8.4% nationally.
•3,332 Alabama youth have made a suicide attempt
Legislative proposals
Legislative Proposals’ Survey
The annual Legislative Proposals survey has begun for member high schools of the
Alabama High School Athletic Association. The list of 13 proposals has been mailed to
the schools with a Jan. 31 deadline set for returning their votes to the State Office.
All of the proposals are concerns expressed by some of the 412 AHSAA-member high
schools, but all of them do not require action by the AHSAA Legislative Council, a 34member body elected by the eight AHSAA athletic districts. Any changes to the
AHSAA Constitution and By-Laws can be made only the Legislative Council
Results of the schools’ vote will be provided to the four-member district boards when
they convene in Montgomery for the annual March meeting.
The proposals, with the presenting school(s) or committee in parenthesis, are
grouped in categories:
FOOTBALL
1.Proposed, that football practice begin on August 1 each year. If August 1 is not a
weekday, practice would begin on the first weekday after August 1 but no later than
August 3. Basketball games would begin no earlier than the first Monday of
Thanksgiving. Spring football would begin after the last basketball game is played
and end before the last Monday in March (the conclusion of basketball could be as
early as Feb. 7th for some schools). Baseball games would begin the last Tuesday in
March and conclude with championship games in June. Any baseball playoff game
that conflicted with final exams would be played on Saturday rather than Friday. This
proposal would require that baseball be extended into June for playoff purposes. No
games would interfere with final exams. Childersburg
Rationale: This would give athletes the opportunity to fully participate in athletics
without pressure to sacrifice one particular sport for another. 60% of states (28/47)
decide baseball championships in June or July including Kentucky, Georgia, and
Texas.
Current Issues
You make a difference
in a child’s life. What
type of difference do
you make?
Sportsmanship
Coaches
Students
Officials
Parents
Conduct Rule
Following
Rules/Regulations
Re-Classification
Winning
At
What
Cost!
Integrity
Championship Sports
11-Boys and Girls
– The purpose of the AHSAA is to
regulate, coordinate and promote the
interscholastic athletic programs among
its member schools, which include
public, private and parochial
institutions. Currently, there are 412
senior high members and 297 junior
high and middle school members with
more than 126,000 students
participating in the program.
RECLASSIFICATION
Reclassification for 2008-09, 200910
More schools than ever before
Cutting travel costs essential
Size disparity wider in 1A than any
other classification
RETIREMENT COUNCIL OF
ALABAMA
INSURANCE
PLAN BENEFITS
Make sure all athletes are covered
•Know your planned benefits
•Make castastrophic Insurance submissions
• online at ahsaa.com
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QUESTIONS