CAOA Nomination Process

1. CAOA Nomination Process For MHSAA Playoff consideration

2. New MHSAA Policy • The MHSAA has changed their system for playoff assignments • MHSAA office will now make all tournament assignments in both football and basketball • Previous committee will be used for oversight

3. How does this affect us? • Greater importance is now given to Association nominations • Each Association gets ten nominations • Association, Assignor, and League nominations are now 50% of the data used by the MHSAA office to assign the tournaments • Our nomination process was insufficient for the new process

4. New CAOA Nomination Process • Apply for a nomination by filling out the form on the web site and email it to sport director • Sport director will compile a list of all the applicants • All members present at a designated meeting will rank each applicant • Point values will be given to rankings and a composite list created • Composite List will go to CAOA Committee

5. CAOA Committee • Who is on the committee? • Executive Director, Mike Conlin • President, Jeff Spedoske • Sport Director(s) • Other appropriate board members • Previous year’s MHSAA Finalist(s)

6. Committee Responsibility • The committee will take the list generated by the membership • The top eight on the list will automatically get put on the nomination list in some order • The committee gets two “wild card” picks from numbers 9 through 20 • The committee will rank the list from 1 to 10

7. Committee Meeting • Meeting will be open to any member • Football meeting: Wednesday, August 26, 6:00 pm • Mark Coscarella’s • 1773 Enfield • Holt, MI 48842

8. MHSAA Deadlines • Football Deadline • September 1 • Basketball Deadline • December 1