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201) Q.
May a high school coach serve as a non-school club administrator who doesn’t coach an individual team in the club when the number of participants in the club from his/her school exceeds one half the number of players needed to field a team in actual IHSA state series competition?
A. No. During the school term a coach may not be involved “in any respect” with a non-school club program when the number of players from his/her school exceeds one half the number of players needed to field a team in actual IHSA state series competition (By-law 3.107).
202) WHEN ON SCHOOL SQUAD
Q. When does a student become a member of a school athletic squad?
A. In schools conducting an interscholastic program in the sport during the regular season, a student shall be considered
to be a member of a school team when he/she engages in any team activity as defined in By-law 3.102. In schools entering interscholastic competition for the first time at the beginning of the IHSA state series in the sport, the date of the beginning level contest in the IHSA series shall be the date on which the school shall be considered to have a school team in that sport. (By-law 3.102 and 3.104)
203) NON-SCHOOL COMPETITION
Q. May a student who is on a school team and who participates in competition outside the season in the same sport with a non-school organization, participate in a non-school competition in that sport on the day after the high school season ends?
A. Yes. (By-law 3.101)
204) FAST VS. SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL
Q. May a student who is a member of the school team in 12-inch fast pitch softball, play during the girls softball season for a slow pitch team in a recreation 12-inch slow pitch league?
A. No. During the school season, a student shall not participate on any non-school team that involves the skill of the sport in question. (By-law 3.101)
205) BASEBALL VS. SLOW PITCH OR FAST PITCH SOFTBALL
Q. May a student who is a member of the school baseball team play during the boys baseball season for a fast pitch or slow pitch softball team in a recreation league?
A. No. During the school season, a student shall not participate on any non-school team that involves the skill of the sport in question. (By-law 3.101)
206) DATE OF FIRST CONTEST
Q. What does the term “date of the first level contest in the IHSA series” mean in the provisions of By-law 3.102?
A. The term “date of the first level contest in the IHSA series” shall be interpreted to mean the first date on which any
individual contest of the IHSA series in that sport is conducted. (Article 1.420)
207) COMPETING WHEN INELIGIBLE
Q. If a student is ineligible by virtue of a by-law violation and ruling by the Executive Director, may the student compete in non-school competition in the same sport outside the school?
A. No. Once a student becomes a member of a school team, that student may not compete in non-school competition (By-law 3.101)
208) PRACTICE WITH NON-SCHOOL TEAM
Q. May a student participate in practice with a non-school team while a member of the school team in the same sport? A. No. (By-law 3.101
209) Q.
A. No. (Article 1.420 and By-law 2.090)
May schools pay entry fees for any non-school leagues during the school year?
3.110 COACHING SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
3.111 During the school year, a person who is a coach at any member school may not be involved in any respect with any coaching school, camp, or clinic for any interscholastic sport or which provides instruction in any skill of an interscholastic sport and is attended by more than two (2) persons from the coach’s school. Violation shall cause ineligibility for a period not to exceed 365 days. Programs that involve only demonstration of skills and sports theory without providing instruction and requiring active participation by attendees are not considered coaching schools.
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