OFFICIAL
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
The
Board of Control met September 14, 2007, at the Association Office,
District
I -- Terry Kenealy, York
District
II -- Dr. Bob Reznicek,
District
III -- Jay Bellar,
District
IV -- Max Kroger, Ord
District
V -- Dr. Dallas Watkins, Dundy County-Stratton
District
VI -- Kent Halley, Mitchell
Also in attendance were Rex Schultze, Legal Counsel;
Rick Moses, Nebraska Department of Education liaison; Peg Naylon, Omaha Public
Schools; Steve Johnsen, Nebraska Coaches Association; Mike Purdy, NSIAAA; Stu
Pospisil, Omaha World Herald; Bob Fuller, Plattsmouth High School; and Lou
Varley, Nebraska City High School.
Chairman Dallas Watkins called the meeting to
order at 9:00 a.m.
1.
It was moved by Kent Halley, seconded by Terry Kenealy, to approve the
Consent Agenda as presented. Motion
Carried, 6-0. Consent Agenda items
included approval of the agenda for the meeting as presented; approval of the
Minutes of the August 24, 2007, Regular Meeting; approval of the August 2007
financial statements; approval of the Minutes of the September 10, 2007,
Telephonic Hearing; approval of the cooperative sponsorship renewal for Grand
Island, Northwest, Doniphan-Trumbull, and Grand Island Central Catholic High
Schools for Boys and Girls Swimming and Diving.
2.
It was moved by Max Kroger, seconded by Jay Bellar to enter executive
session at 9:20 a.m. to discuss possible litigation. Motion Carried, 6-0. It was moved by Terry Kenealy, seconded
by Max Kroger, to exit executive session at 9:56 a.m.
Motion Carried, 6-0.
3.
The Board of Control again discussed the
request by some Class B schools to start the Class B football season one week
earlier, to not permit schools to opt up in classification, and to schedule one
playoff game per week. It was moved by Terry
Kenealy, seconded by Kent Halley, that the request to change the Class B
football playoff schedule be denied and encourage schools to submit their
proposal through the legislative process.
Motion Carried, 6-0.
4.
It was moved by Max Kroger, seconded by Jay
Bellar, to move Norfolk High School to the western geographic Class A cross
country district for 2007, with all other teams remaining in the districts
where they were originally assigned. Motion Carried, 6-0. The NSAA staff will initiate a legislative
proposal to be submitted at NSAA District Meetings for schools to determine how
Class A districts should be assigned in subsequent years.
5. The Board discussed the
upcoming Fall NSAA District Meetings, the NSAA staff persons who have been
assigned to cover those meetings and some of the legislative proposals that
will likely be introduced.
6. The Board discussed
declining school membership and the fact that the number of schools in Class D1
and D2 activities is shrinking. The
Board discussed implications of the current classification system in many of
the activities where Classes C1 and C2 often have 64 schools assigned to each
district, with the remaining schools being evenly divided into Classes D1 and D2. With the declining number of schools in
Classes D1 and D2, there are often fewer than 60 schools in those two
classes.
7. It was moved by Max Kroger,
seconded by Bob Reznicek, that language be added to NSAA Board of Control
meeting agendas to address the fact that representatives of member schools are
welcome to attend Board of Control meetings and participate in a “Member
Comments” portion of the meeting.
Official representatives of member schools also have the ability to
request in a timely manner that items be added to the Board of Control meeting
agenda. Motion Carried, 6-0.
8. Executive Director Jim
Tenopir reported that the current NSAA building has been listed for sale with a
local realty company. Completion of the
new NSAA building is slated for February or March of 2008.
There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned at 11:45 a.m.
The next meeting of the Board of Control will
be held in Lincoln on Friday, October 5, 2007.
Debra Velder, Associate Director