PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA REGULATIONS Proposal Generated by Jack Tarr,CAA, Malcolm, School Access Code, District 1 This proposal was submitted on: Oct 08, 2009 This proposal is submitted by: Name: Jack Tarr School: Malcolm NSAA District: 1 The proposal deals with: Activities Manual: Cross County  Page: 9 The section/paragraph/sentence indicates what is to be added/deleted/changed to the current Bylaw/Approved Ruling: ADDITIONS are in all capital letters. (Changes/Deletions are in parentheses.) Team plaques will be awarded to the teams placing first (and second) SECOND AND THIRD in each district meet. The section/paragraph/sentence that needs to be added/deleted/changed would read as follows: Team plaques will be awarded to the teams placing first, second and third in each district meet. Cost Analysis of Proposal: The cost incurred for the third place plaque will amount to roughly $1190. This is based on the cost of a runner-up plaque and does not include shipping. There would be an additional 34 plaques required for third place, at about $35 a plaque it comes to the above figure. Rationale for the proposed change: This proposal came out of the cross country sports meeting and the purpose is to award a plaque to the third place team at districts and be in line with other sports' teams who qualify for state championships. The emphasis is placed on the "team" qualifying for the state championships. We would like to see Cross Country on an even par with the other "team" sports. Currently, in cross country, the championship and runner-up receive a plaque in each district, yet the third place team doesn't. All three teams though compete in the state championships. If you look at the other teams that qualify for state, you will notice that all of the teams will have received a plaque for their accomplishments. If you notice the spreadsheet found on the line "%of plaque awarded/state qualifying team" Cross Country has for both boys and girls the lowest percent. Even if a third place plaque was to be awarded, Cross Country would then be equal to Football, but lag behind other sports such as: Softball, Baseball, Girls and Boys Soccer, Girls and Boys Basketball, and Volleyball. Matter of fact, it is even conceivable for those above mentioned sports to have a team receive a plaque and never make it to the state championships. It must be noted that a wild cardteam that qualifies receives a plaque. Cross Country Proposal for 3rd place plaques at Districts SPORT GIRLS XC BOYS XC FB GIRLS GOLF BOYS GOLF SOFTBALL BASEBALL GIRLS SOC BOYS SOC GIRLS BB BOYS BB VB # of Schools 133 144 284 129 211 104 42 61 61 306 306 307 Classes 4 4 6 3 4 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 # of Districts 17 17 53 13 18 19 10 13 13 37 37 37 State Qualifying Teams 51 51 168 34 54 24 16 16 16 48 48 48 Plaques Awarded 34 34 168 26 36 38 20 26 26 74 74 74 % Plaques Awarded/State Qualifying Teams 67 67 100 76 67 158 125 163 163 154 154 154 When counting up the number of plaques awarded,the count doesn't include teams receiving a plaque as a wildcard team, only the champion/runner-up in the following sports: Girls & Boys Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Girls & Boys Basketball and Volleyball. Boys Golf, Girls and Boys Basketball, Baseball and Girls and Boys Soccer numbers are based on 2008 since their sport season has not yet started. Track and Field and Wrestling do not send teams to the State Championships. Swimming and Tennis do not have districts. Girls and Boys Basketball do have a third place game at state where they receive a trophy.