Sanctioning

1. Sanctioning Policy 8 pg. 90

2. Sanctioning Philosophy • Sanctioning enhances the likelihood that events will adhere to sound and detailed criteria which meets the specific requirements of a state association. • Sanctioning serves to promote sound regulation of the conditions under which students and teams compete. • Sanctioning is a means of encouraging well-managed rules and regulations. • Sanctioning adds an element of “due diligence” that encourages compliance with state associations’ rules and regulations. • Sanctioning protects the welfare of the student-athletes.

3. Sanctioning Philosophy • Sanctioning helps reduce the abuses of excessive competition. • Sanctioning promotes uniformity in obtaining approval for events. • Sanctioning helps protect students from exploitation. • Interstate and International sanctioning at the NFHS level promotes financial transparency and equivalency of treatment of participating high schools.

4. Events that require Formal Sanctioning include: a) Any interstate event involving two (2) or more schools which is co-sponsored by or titled in the name of an organization outside the high school community (e.g., a university, a theme park, and an athletic shoe/apparel company). b) Non-bordering events if five (5) or more states are involved.c) Non-bordering events if more than eight (8) schools are involved. d) Any event involving two (2) or more schools that involves a team from a foreign country. The host school should complete the international sanction application. (The exceptions to this rule are Canada and Mexico, which are considered bordering states).

5. NFHS Process www.nfhs.org/sanctioning

6. What is the “host school” and its role? • The host school is the school who assumes the accountability of the being responsible for the event. • The host school’s principal assumes oversight responsibility for the event by being either present onsite during the event, either in person or by designee.

7. FAQ’s • Can a host school be responsible for an event outside of that state (e.g. Illinois high school signing off as the host school for a Florida event) ? • No, it is NFHS board policy, that the host school shall be in the same state of the event in the event something occurs at the event, then the principal or his/her designee could quickly assess and report the situation.

8. Sanctioning Process • Applications must be completed 60 days prior to the event start date. • The initial list of schools must be submitted upon application • The final list of schools must be submitted 20 days prior to the contest • Host states must then approve the event • Participating states must approve the event • NFHS approves the event

9. Host State Approval

10. Sanctioning Fees • $100 if the application is received 60 days or more prior to the event date • $200 if application is received 15-59 days prior to the event date ($100 application fee plus $100 penalty) • $200 penalty if the application is received less than 15 days prior the event date plus an additional $100 penalty for not forwarding the list of actual entries 20 days prior to the event date for a total of $300 ($100 application fee plus $200 penalty) • $300 penalty if the application is received less than 15 days prior the event date plus an additional $100 penalty for not forwarding the list of actual entries 20 days prior to the event date for a total of $600 ($200 application fee plus $400 penalty fees)

11. Resources • Other School Forms

12. Non-School Competition Participation Request IHSA By-law 3.101 IHSA Policy #15

13. Non-School Competition Request • IHSA By-law 3.101 prohibits a student from participating on a non-school team or in non-school competition in the sport or any skill of a sport at the time the student is a member of a school team in that same sport. During the school term, special permission may be granted to permit a student to compete in a non-school event during the school season in competitions which are directly sanctioned by the national governing body for the sport or its official Illinois affiliate. No student may participate in more than three (3) approved non-school competitions during a sports season.

14. Non-School Competition Request • A request must be faxed to the IHSA Office no later than ten (10) days prior to the date of any competition. • Verification from the National Governing Body for that sport or its official Illinois affiliate indicating it is directly sanctioning the event is required with the fax. • No student may participate in more than three (3) approved non-school competitions. during a sports season

15. Official National Governing Bodies as it pertains to By-law 3.101. • Badminton-USA Badminton • Baseball-USA Baseball • Basketball-USA Basketball (USAB) • Bowling-USA Bowling • Diving-United States Diving, Inc. (USD) • Golf-United States Golf Association (USGA) • Gymnastics-USA Gymnastics • Soccer-United States Soccer Federation (USSF) • Softball-USA Softball • Swimming-United States Swimming, Inc. (USS) • Tennis-United States Tennis Association (USTA) • Track & Field-USA Track & Field (USATF) • Triathlon-USA Triathlon Association • Volleyball-USA Volleyball (USAV) • Water Polo-United States Water Polo, Inc. (USWP) • Wrestling-USA Wrestling

16. Non-School Competition Request

17. 3.100 INDEPENDENT TEAM PARTICIPATION 3.101 During the school season for a given sport, in a school which maintains a school team in that sport, a student shall not participate on any non-school team, nor as an individual unattached in non-school competition, in that given sport or in any competition that involves the skill of the sport in question. Violation shall cause ineligibility for a period not to exceed 365 days. An exception may be made by the Executive Director under the guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors for competitions sanctioned directly by the National Governing Body or its official Illinois affiliate for the sport.

18. 3.100 INDEPENDENT TEAM PARTICIPATION • 3.102 Students may participate in a tryout for a non-school athletic team while a member of a high school team in the same sport, provided the tryout is exclusively a demonstration of skills with no practice or instruction involved. A student shall be considered to be a member of a school team when he/she engages in any team activity, including but not limited to tryouts, drills, physical practice sessions, team meetings, playing in a contest, etc., on or after the date specified in Bylaw 5.000 and its sub-sections. • 3.103 The phrase, “participate on any non-school team,” as utilized in By-law 3.101, is defined to mean engaging in any team activity, including but not limited to, tryouts (except as defined in Section 3.102), drills, physical practice sessions, player evaluations, team meetings, etc.

19. 3.100 INDEPENDENT TEAM PARTICIPATION • 3.107 During the school year, a person who is a coach in any sport at a member school, may be involved in any respect with any non-school team, only if the number of squad members from his/her school which are on the non-school team roster does not exceed one-half the number of players needed to field a team in actual IHSA state series competition in that sport. The number of non-school team squad members that are counted only include those that are eligible to play in the next season of that sport.

20. 3.100 INDEPENDENT TEAM PARTICIPATION • 197) Q. What number of players is needed to constitute “one-half the number of players needed to field a team in actual IHSA state series competition” in each sport? A. The number in each sport for which IHSA conducts a state series has been determined by the Board of Directors. • Specifically, the limitations are: Badminton—3; Baseball—4; Basketball—2; Bowling—2; Cross Country—3; Football—5; Golf—3; Boys Gymnastics— 12; Girls Gymnastics—8; Soccer—5; Softball—4; Swimming—15; Tennis—3; Track and Field—17; Volleyball—3; Water Polo—3; Wrestling—7. (By-law 3.107)