Football
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
June TSSAA Board of Control Minutes
BOARD OF CONTROL MINUTES
June 4-5, 2019
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1. Roll Call
2. Approved minutes of last meeting
3. Voted to give the state office permission to conduct the Regional and State Volleyball Tournament draw.
4. Approved the Financial Report of the 2019 Basketball Tournament Series
5. Approved the Financial Report of the 2019 Wrestling Tournament Series
6. Approved the report of the 2019 Athletic Directors Conference
7. Approved the report of the 2019 Cheer Coaches Conference
8. Approved the Sportsmanship Review of the 2018-2019 School Year
This completes the 28th year of the sportsmanship program and we continue to approach this area from many different aspects each year. A full report is always given to the Board of Control by the staff in regard to the number of coaches ejected, disciplinary action, unsportsmanlike incidents investigated, etc. This allows us to review our approach to this very critical area in all of our sports. In addition, the Board reviewed the 24th year of the A. F. Bridges Program.
The Board approved to allot $27,000 to be awarded to the athletic department to each school that is named the winner of the A.F. Bridges Award ($1,000 each for 27 schools).
9. Approved the Division II Need-Based Financial Aid Final Report
10. Heard update regarding the administrators’ meetings schedule. These meetings will be held the last two weeks in September.
11. Approved the Division I and Division II 2019 State Basketball Tournament Allotments
12. Heard update regarding partnership with the NFHS Network.
13. Heard update regarding the TSSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.
14. Voted to discontinue printing the TSSAA Directory. TACA will be allowed to print one card that will be good at TSSAA championship events all year with picture ID required and one person allowed free admittance. TACA will pay for the wrestling and Division II basketball hospitality rooms. The remaining funds will go towards Coaches Education and the InsideOut Initiative.
15. Heard TMSAA Championship Events Report. The TMSAA held state championships in Cross Country, Basketball, and Track and Field during the 2018-2019 school year.
16. Voted to change the Girls’ Soccer/Soccer Post-Season Overtime Procedure. The Board voted to remove the two five-minute sudden victory periods. The post-season tie-breaker procedure will now be the following:
“Teams play two, full 10-minute overtime periods. These periods are not sudden victory. If, at the conclusion of the two full 10-minute overtime periods, a tie still exists, the tie shall be broken by the penalty kick procedure in the NFHS Rules Book.”
17. Heard update of a poll sent to Girls’ Soccer/Soccer State Tournament Coaches regarding the potential of seeding the state tournament.
18. Voted to approve a fee increase for the NFHS Coaches Education Course. The cost to complete the Coaches Education Program by non-faculty and classified employee coaches was $250.00 for 17 years. The price was reduced to $130.00 when the courses went online in 2013. Due to the rising cost of insurance for coaches, the fee will increase to $150.00 this upcoming school year.
19. Voted to extend the contract with Wilson Sports through the 2024-25 school year.
20. Board voted to remove the second year (2019-20 school year) of restrictive probation placed on the John Overton High School football program due to the incident that occurred between John Overton High School and Antioch High School during their football contest on October 26, 2018.
21. Approved Wayne County High School’s request for an exception to the Cooperative Program Rule in Soccer and Girls’ Soccer to Co-op with Frank Hughes. Wayne County and Collinwood have an existing cooperative agreement in soccer.
22. Approved Berean Christian School’s request to continue Co-op to allow two student-athletes to finish out their high school careers on the current softball and baseball co-op teams with Gibbs High School.
23. Denied Concord Christian School’s request for an exception to the Cooperative Program Rule to allow them to Co-op with another school, even though they have had football within the last five years.
24. Approved the proposed DII-AA brackets for the next four years for all sports except football. Football has agreed to a 2 Region set up with MBA and JPII going to the West for the first 2 years. The top 4 teams from each Region will move to the playoffs with 1E hosting 4W, 2E hosting 3W, 1W hosting 4E, and 2W hosting 3E.
25. Denied Briarcrest Christian School’s request to waive the All-Star Game Rule for a student in Soccer.
26. Heard Technology Update
June 4-5, 2019
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1. Roll Call
2. Approved minutes of last meeting
3. Voted to give the state office permission to conduct the Regional and State Volleyball Tournament draw.
4. Approved the Financial Report of the 2019 Basketball Tournament Series
5. Approved the Financial Report of the 2019 Wrestling Tournament Series
6. Approved the report of the 2019 Athletic Directors Conference
7. Approved the report of the 2019 Cheer Coaches Conference
8. Approved the Sportsmanship Review of the 2018-2019 School Year
This completes the 28th year of the sportsmanship program and we continue to approach this area from many different aspects each year. A full report is always given to the Board of Control by the staff in regard to the number of coaches ejected, disciplinary action, unsportsmanlike incidents investigated, etc. This allows us to review our approach to this very critical area in all of our sports. In addition, the Board reviewed the 24th year of the A. F. Bridges Program.
The Board approved to allot $27,000 to be awarded to the athletic department to each school that is named the winner of the A.F. Bridges Award ($1,000 each for 27 schools).
9. Approved the Division II Need-Based Financial Aid Final Report
10. Heard update regarding the administrators’ meetings schedule. These meetings will be held the last two weeks in September.
11. Approved the Division I and Division II 2019 State Basketball Tournament Allotments
12. Heard update regarding partnership with the NFHS Network.
13. Heard update regarding the TSSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.
14. Voted to discontinue printing the TSSAA Directory. TACA will be allowed to print one card that will be good at TSSAA championship events all year with picture ID required and one person allowed free admittance. TACA will pay for the wrestling and Division II basketball hospitality rooms. The remaining funds will go towards Coaches Education and the InsideOut Initiative.
15. Heard TMSAA Championship Events Report. The TMSAA held state championships in Cross Country, Basketball, and Track and Field during the 2018-2019 school year.
16. Voted to change the Girls’ Soccer/Soccer Post-Season Overtime Procedure. The Board voted to remove the two five-minute sudden victory periods. The post-season tie-breaker procedure will now be the following:
“Teams play two, full 10-minute overtime periods. These periods are not sudden victory. If, at the conclusion of the two full 10-minute overtime periods, a tie still exists, the tie shall be broken by the penalty kick procedure in the NFHS Rules Book.”
17. Heard update of a poll sent to Girls’ Soccer/Soccer State Tournament Coaches regarding the potential of seeding the state tournament.
18. Voted to approve a fee increase for the NFHS Coaches Education Course. The cost to complete the Coaches Education Program by non-faculty and classified employee coaches was $250.00 for 17 years. The price was reduced to $130.00 when the courses went online in 2013. Due to the rising cost of insurance for coaches, the fee will increase to $150.00 this upcoming school year.
19. Voted to extend the contract with Wilson Sports through the 2024-25 school year.
20. Board voted to remove the second year (2019-20 school year) of restrictive probation placed on the John Overton High School football program due to the incident that occurred between John Overton High School and Antioch High School during their football contest on October 26, 2018.
21. Approved Wayne County High School’s request for an exception to the Cooperative Program Rule in Soccer and Girls’ Soccer to Co-op with Frank Hughes. Wayne County and Collinwood have an existing cooperative agreement in soccer.
22. Approved Berean Christian School’s request to continue Co-op to allow two student-athletes to finish out their high school careers on the current softball and baseball co-op teams with Gibbs High School.
23. Denied Concord Christian School’s request for an exception to the Cooperative Program Rule to allow them to Co-op with another school, even though they have had football within the last five years.
24. Approved the proposed DII-AA brackets for the next four years for all sports except football. Football has agreed to a 2 Region set up with MBA and JPII going to the West for the first 2 years. The top 4 teams from each Region will move to the playoffs with 1E hosting 4W, 2E hosting 3W, 1W hosting 4E, and 2W hosting 3E.
25. Denied Briarcrest Christian School’s request to waive the All-Star Game Rule for a student in Soccer.
26. Heard Technology Update
