2017-2018 PIAA RULES and REGULATIONS 2017-2018 RULES AND REGULATIONS 2017-2018 RULES AND REGULATIONS RULES AND REGULATIONS PAGE Sports under PIAA Jurisdiction and Inter-District Championship Contests. ................................................................. 1 Tournament Regulations for all Sports ......................................................................................................................... 1 Definition of an Inter-School Practice ............................................................................................................................ 2 Definition of a Scrimmage ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Method of Counting an Inter-School Practice or a Scrimmage ..................................................................................... 2 Forfeiture of Contests .................................................................................................................................................... 2 2017 National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Fall Sports’ Rules Books and Relevant State Association Adoptions and Modifications; United States Golf Association (USGA) Rules of Golf; and United States Tennis Association (USTA) Official Rules of Tennis .................................................................................................... 3 2017-2018 National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Winter Sports’ Rules Books and Relevant State Association Adoptions and Modifications; United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Playing Rules Book; and National Rifle Association (NRA) Smallbore Rifle Rules ........................................................................................................ 4 NFHS Medical Release Form for Wrestler to Participate with Skin Lesion(s) .............................................................. 5 Goals for Establishing a Widely Used Form Important Components for an Effective Form NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee Medical Release for Wrestler to Participate with Skin Lesion(s) Form ........................................................................................ 6 2017 National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Spring Sports’ Rules Books and Relevant State Association Adoptions and Modifications ............................ 7 PIAA Pole Vault Verification Form ................................................................................................................................ 8 Contest Rules and PIAA Statewide Rules Interpreters ................................................................................................. 9 General Control of Inter-District Championship Contests ........................................................................................... 10 Designation of Enrollment Classifications ................................................................................................................... 10 Policy for Determining Number of Entries (Qualifiers) to PIAA Inter-District Championships .................................... 10 Eligibility ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Comprehensive Initial Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation (CIPPE) ....................................................................... 10 2017-2018 PIAA Inter-District Championships ........................................................................................................... 11 Selection of Inter-District Championship Contestants and/or Teams ......................................................................... 13 Policy Concerning Qualification for Postseason Competition of Individual Students from Schools that do not Sponsor a Team during the Regular Season ......................................... 13 ARTICLE XIII, PENALTIES, Section 8, Disqualification from Next Contest(s) ........................................................... 13 Sport Specific Information: Golf ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Tennis ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Cross Country ................................................................................................................................................ 18 Volleyball ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Field Hockey .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Soccer .......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Football .......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Pre-season Heat-Acclimatization Guidelines .................................................................................... 26 Football Heat Acclimatization Faq’s .................................................................................................. 26 Contact Guidelines ............................................................................................................................ 27 Junior High School/Middle School Football Practice cannot begin prior to August 14, 2017 ........... 27 Resolving Tied Football Contests .................................................................................................................. 27 i RULES AND REGULATIONS 2017-2018 Competitive Spirit ........................................................................................................................................... 30 Wrestling ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 Swimming & Diving ........................................................................................................................................ 35 Basketball ....................................................................................................................................................... 36 Track & Field .................................................................................................................................................. 43 Lacrosse ......................................................................................................................................................... 44 Baseball and Softball, Fast Pitch ................................................................................................................... 46 Inter-District Championship Contests Ticket Prices .................................................................................................... 50 Inter-District Championship Contests Radio Broadcasting, Webcasting (Audio Streaming), and/or Real-Time Web Publishing Rules and Regulations: General Radio Broadcasting, Webcasting (Audio Streaming), and/or Real-Time Web Publishing Policies . 52 Live and Delayed Radio Broadcasting, Webcasting (Audio Streaming), and/or Real-Time Web Publishing Policies ................................................................................................. 52 Inter-District Championship Contests Cablecasting/Telecasting and/or Webcasting (Video Streaming) Rules and Regulations .............................................................................. 53 Live Cablecasting/Telecasting and/or Webcasting (Video Streaming) Policies ............................................ 54 Delayed Cablecasting/Telecasting and/or Webcasting (Video Streaming) Policies ...................................... 54 NFHS Television Network .............................................................................................................................. 54 Policies Regarding Cablecasting/Telecasting, Filming, Photographing, Videotaping, and/or Webcasting (Video Streaming) ................................................................................... 56 PIAA Advisory Committees: Coaches .......................................................................................................................................................... 58 Sports’ Medicine .............................................................................................................................................. 58 Parents ........................................................................................................................................................... 59 PIAA Non-Sport Specific Steering Committees: Athletic Directors ............................................................................................................................................. 60 Girls’ Athletics ................................................................................................................................................. 60 Junior High/Middle Schools............................................................................................................................