NEW JERSEY STATE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 1161 Route 130, P O Box 487 Robbinsville, NJ 08691
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NEW JERSEY STATE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 1161 Route 130, P O Box 487 Robbinsville, NJ 08691 League/Conference Officers Meeting Summary February 7, 2013 Attendees – Denis Nelson (Big North) Mike Gatley (CAL) Lou Raba (Colonial) Bud Kowal and Steve Gazdek (CVC) Rob Haraka and John DiColo (NJAC) Stan Fryczynski (NJIC) Tim Walsh and Phil Smart (OLY) Lorenzo Sozio, Joe Piro and Steve Jenkins (SEC) Keith Lister and Edward Rieman (Shore) Carl Weigner (Skyland) Michael McAleer (TCC) Chris Dziczek (TCC/OC) Mike Sandor (UCC) ______________________________________________________________________________ ALLSTATE INSURANCE PRESENTATION Jimmy Cheng, from NJSIAA sponsor Allstate Insurance, gave a presentation. He urged all athletic directors to push the NJSIAA/Allstate free quotes program. For each quote request that Allstate receives, NJSIAA receives $10. There’s no obligation to buy. A roster sheet was passed around for contact information. ______________________________________________________________________________ STEVEN J. TIMKO REPORT Regular Season Game Definition – 2nd Reading – A definition of what the NJSIAA believes constitutes a regular season game was sent to all schools. The Executive Committee passed the definition in its first reading; second reading will take place in April. If passed, schools will be polled six months later to see if they approve the definition. The importance of this definition is in the NJSIAA’s ticket price negotiations with the Department of Education, who does not recognize holiday and county tournaments as regular season games. NJSIAA thinks all games leading to the state tournament should be considered as regular season games. L&C DePaul Catholic HS / Big North Appeal – DePaul Catholic sought relief from their placement in the Big North conference. The committee deliberated for a long time, but ultimately denied the appeal. Strategic Plan 2013-2016 / Marketing Media Committee – A Marketing Media Committee was approved, which will be an important addition to the new strategic plan. Currently the NJSIAA is trying to put together the strategic planning committee, which will meet April – June, to establish the latest NJSIAA strategic plan. Anyone interested in being on this committee, please contact Steve or Liz Nodeland. Bruce Peragallo, Principal at Metuchen HS/Exec Committee member, will be a co-chair of the committee. Seeking a second co-chair. Early Fall Start Date Waiver Clarification – Mr. Timko wanted to know if anyone had questions about the early fall start date, approved last month. Rob Haraka wanted clarification on scrimmages – if a scrimmage takes place on 9/7, is it a scrimmage or a game? Answer is it can be either, but must be mutually agreed upon by both teams. It can’t be a scrimmage for one team, a game for another. If a team opened up on 9/6, then the 9/7 match can still be considered a scrimmage and not be reported, but MUST count towards the maximum number of games allowed in that sport. Schools can open up any day they choose between 9/6 and 9/12. USDOE Disability Guidelines – A task force is being created to research how other states / our own state handle offering sports to those with disabilities. The NJSIAA has not received anything from the State Dept. of Education, but is trying to be proactive. Sportsmanship Mailing – As we head into the championships, the NJSIAA sent out a reminder to all schools about bullying and sportsmanship. There have been several issues going on in the news. Wrestling – Team seeding took place on 2/5. There was an issue/misunderstanding. The Wrestling Committee thought a 7th seeded team could place over a 6th seed, if the 7th seed beat the 6th in head-to-head competition. This was incorrect because that rule is not stated in the tournament regulations. The top six, highest rated power point teams make the tournament. Incorrect teams were notified that they made the tournament. Two schools appealed, but the appeal was denied on the rationale that a 7th seed can’t bump a 6th seed, according to the Regulations. The rule specifically states that a 7th or 8th seed can only make the tournament if someone one drops out (example – gets skin disease). The team championships begin 2/11. It was asked why not expand the tournament to the top 8? This idea was previously proposed but the Finance Committee shot it down. Not fiscally prudent. It was also questioned whether the NJSIAA would consider schools being responsible for the first round like we do with the districts? Steve responded that this may be the next step and recommended someone propose it in writing. Mr. DiColo expressed frustration that things go to the Executive Committee for vote before being discussed at these meetings. L& C representatives should have some input on what gets put forward to the Exec Committee. It was discussed to have these L&C meetings prior to Exec meetings instead of after but Steve was unsure, since Exec Committee should be privy to some of the information prior to the L&C officers. Mr. Timko will reinforce in Exec Committee that county reps should be communicating information back to their conference, since this is not really happening. ______________________________________________________________________________ KIM COLE REPORT Swimming Update – Seeding completed and went well. Important note regarding pilot program – The top four public power point teams were identified and distributed by northing number to the appropriate section and division. This will be studied throughout the Team Tournament. Seeds 8 and 9 in five groups. The Swim committee will review at the March 27th meeting so input and thoughts are welcome. Mike Gatley didn’t think it was fair that a swimmer could miss a whole season but get medically cleared right before the tournament. Kim explained it has only happened twice in the past two years, and cannot speak to the history of the rule, but can bring it up in the committee meeting. NAGWS Program – Program was a success! Spring and Fall 2013 Dates – Please check the Sports Committee minutes under Sports Information on our website. Tentative fall Girls Tennis dates are posted, though they have not been approved yet, and are not in the Regulations. Website – Kim hasn’t had time to work on this, but hopes to. Sanctioned Events – Kim asked the committee to remind their conferences that schools are not allowed to participate in non-sanctioned events. NJSIAA has been made aware of potential violations. Double First Base Field – The double first base rule is not used by NJSIAA. However, we are aware some schools are using a field with a double first base. We will be posting a form on the website requiring schools to identify if they use a field with a double first base. We will use this information for consideration of the double first base rule in the future. _____________________________________________________________________________ DON DANSER REPORT (given by Kim Cole) Winter Track Update – The Group Relays ran smoothly, and now Don is in the middle of the Sectional and Group Meets. Fall ShopRite Cup – Is completed and posted online. ______________________________________________________________________________ LARRY WHITE REPORT Basketball – Seeding was taking place during this meeting. Basketball Cutoff – Lorenzo Sozio questioned the amount of time given to fit in 16 games in basketball. He feels it is very difficult to play that number of games in the time given and there is a big break in between the cutoff and the tournament. Kim couldn’t speak for the rationale since Larry was not present for this meeting, but she did urge everyone to email any requests they want in any sport for review during the sports committee meetings. Committees are posted on our website, and there is an AD and Exec member on each committee so if people want changes, that’s the route to go. If the reason for the long break is assigning officials, Phil Smart recommended letting the schools worry about securing officials for the first round. This topic should be revisited next meeting when Larry is present. Basketball Non-Member/Out-of-State Form– Phil Smart questioned whether there were consequences to schools who failed to submit this information. Kim explained that not submitting this information does not affect residual points, those are only based on record, but this could be something the committee could consider. Interpretation Meetings – Baseball and softball interpretation meetings are back on the road. They took place at Bridgewater-Raritan, Brick Memorial, Williamstown and PCTI. Bowling – Changing some of the tournament dates was discussed in preparation for the pending snow storm. ______________________________________________________________________________ JACK DUBOIS REPORT Football Committee Report – 1. The committee sustained the summer meeting resolution, which upheld non-public groups as is. 2. The mileage formula to play at MetLife Stadium will be modified. The one-way mileage of the highest remaining teams will be determined and placed in a pool for consideration by NJSIAA staff. Several reasons for the change include attendance, financial considerations, etc. 3. A new seeding / entrance procedure for football passed its first reading at the Exec Committee meeting. The best seven of the first eight games will count, so one game will automatically be dropped. A computer program will automatically drop the lowest power points seeded game, coaches would not be responsible. This was approved by the football committee, the Program Review Committee and the Exec Committee. 2nd reading takes place in April and will be implemented in fall 2013 if passed. a. Some felt this is being rushed since schedules are already in place for next year. Jack DuBois responded that based on the presentation he saw, this will not be a dramatic change. It may just affect #7 or #8 seeds. Still some felt implementing this in 2014 may appease many and it still affects some.