SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS January 2015 1. This is a summary of the recommended changes. It may be necessary to thoroughly review the Coaches Advisory Committee minutes to fully understand the proposals. 2. Various groups taking action on these proposals should make a motion to support or deny the proposal as presented by the Coaches Advisory Committee or modify the proposal and vote accordingly. SOCCER 1. Recommend an increase in the number of allowed days for multiple practices in a day from 7 to 10 -- acclimatization plan. Sports Advisory 14-0* Advisory Council _Yes 16-0 *After 10 days of practices, schools may utilize the alternating day format (ie: short/long day) or the one practice per day format (ie: 2.5 hour maximum). 2. Recommend an increase in the total allowed minutes of play per day from 160 to 180 (adjusted to meet the current 45 minute halves). Coaches Advisory 6-0 Executive Staff Yes *_ Board of Control _Yes* 11-0 Sports Advisory 14-0 Advisory Council _Yes*16-0 * Provided approval is received to use 45 minute halves in the 2015-16 season. 3. Recommend the soccer brackets be set in the large-grouping design -- no voting allowed. To accommodate travel, seeds 13-16 would be placed into the bracket based on geography rather than seed order to lessen the possibilities of long trips. Coaches Advisory 6-0 Executive Staff No _ Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory _Yes 1-13 Advisory Council _Yes 0-16 4. Recommend an increase in the tournament roster from 22 to 25. Coaches Advisory 6-0 Executive Staff Yes *_ Board of Control _Yes 11-0 * 120 additional medals would be needed. CROSS COUNTRY 1. Recommend that if a school misses the entry deadline for the sectional meet, the reimbursement for those teams/individuals would be withheld if the team/individual advances to the State Meet. The WIAA will issue a letter of reprimand to those schools that miss the deadline.
Page 2 CROSS COUNTRY (cont.) 2. Recommend that sectional courses be required to have 90 minutes of warm-up time prior to the first race. Coaches Advisory 6-0 Executive Staff Yes Board of Control _Yes 11-0 Sports Advisory _Yes 14-0_ Advisory Council _Yes 16-0 3. Recommend the use of the double line (inside and outside) and/or the use of natural or artificial boundary markers as an alternative method to mark a cross country course. Flags would still be required. 4. Recommend the WIAA staff wait to post the sectional assignments until all sites in a division have been determined and attempt to provide better geographic distribution. Coaches Advisory 6-0 Executive Staff No Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory _Yes 0-14 Advisory Council _Yes 0-16 VOLLEYBALL 1. Recommend volleyball be allowed unlimited summer contact. Coaches Advisory 4-0 Executive Staff Constitutional Board of Control Sports Advisory Constitutional Advisory Council 2. Recommend that the current interpretation read: an exception is that varsity, JV and freshmen coaches may have coaching contact with students that have completed 8th grade up until these 8th graders actually start their 9th grade year. Coaches Advisory 4-0 Executive Staff Constitutional Board of Control Sports Advisory Constitutional Advisory Council 3. Recommend that, whenever possible, neutral sites be set for sectional semifinals (girls only) and finals. Coaches Advisory 4-0 Executive Staff _ No Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory _Yes 0-14_ Advisory Council _Yes 0-16 4. Recommend that a maximum of 22 bench personnel, which includes a maximum of 15 eligible players and additional people such as coaches, a manager(s), statistician(s), athletic trainer, principal, athletic director shall be permitted to occupy the team bench. Coaches Advisory 4-0 Executive Staff No Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory _Yes 11-3_ Advisory Council _Yes 4-12 5. Recommend the Division 1 sectional semifinal starting times be 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Coaches Advisory 4-0 Executive Staff Yes Board of Control _Yes 11-0 Sports Advisory _Yes 14-0_ Advisory Council _Yes 16-0
Page 3 GOLF 1. Recommend that the illegal use of DMD be added to the list of unsportsmanlike penalties. Coaches Advisory 6-0 Executive Staff _ Yes Board of Control _Yes 11-0 2. Recommend two designated coaches be allowed to coach during competition. The head coach and assistant coach need to be under contract with the school as golf coaches. Coaches Advisory 6-0 Executive Staff Yes Board of Control _Yes 11-0 3. Recommend for the 2015 Girls State Tournament a shot gun start be used on a one-year trial basis. Coaches Advisory 6-0 Executive Staff _ No Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory Yes 13-1_ Advisory Council _Yes 0-16 TENNIS 1. Recommend the sectional team winner host the second place team, in each sectional, using three set matches on the Tuesday following Sectionals. Coaches Advisory 5-1 Executive Staff _ Split Board of Control _Yes 2-9 Sports Advisory _Yes 13-1 Advisory Council _Yes 16-0 SWIMMING & DIVING 1. Recommend relay seed times should consist of the actual best achieved times of the students listed, not the fastest season relay time. Coaches Advisory 4-0 Executive Staff _ Yes Board of Control _Yes 11-0 2. Recommend the following change to the current language: 4) School-submitted team entries after the deadline date or time will be permitted to compete. but will not receive consideration for seeds lanes, heats, sections, etc. 5) Omitted entries may be added to the sectional entry list with approval of the WIAA office. The deadline for adding omitted athletes or relay teams is the conclusion of the coaches meeting conducted prior to the start of the Sectional meet. The added athlete(s)/relay team(s) will not be seeded. The penalty will be loss of per diem for each athlete advancing to the State Meet and a letter of reprimand to the school. The following criteria would apply: (a) 18 individual entries has not been met. (b) Cannot replace a previously entered athlete. (c) Relay team was omitted. (d) Athletes may not be switched from one event to another. 6) A team that enters more than 18 entries must scratch any individual who is entered incorrectly (i.e., more than four total events, more than two individual events, etc.). 7) The event that will be scratched is the one that exceeds the allowed maximum following the published order of events. Example: John Smith is entered in Diving, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle, 50 Freestyle, and 400 Freestyle Relay. John Smith will automatically be scratched from the 50 Freestyle. Coaches Advisory 4-0 Executive Staff _ Yes Board of Control _Yes 11-0
Page 4 FOOTBALL 1. Recommend a football staff be allowed to view the video and then test as a group, with the athletic director verifying the staff in attendance. Those coaches not in attendance would be required to complete the requirements on their own. Coaches Advisory 8-0 Executive Staff _ Split _ Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory _Yes 7-7 Advisory Council _Yes 8-8_ 2. Recommend that after the 10th day of practice in Week 3, teams may practice a maximum of 2.5 hours without the required break at two hours. Coaches Advisory 8-0 Executive Staff _ No Board of Control _Yes 11-0 Sports Advisory Yes 14-0 * Advisory Council _Yes 16-0 * After 10 days of practices, schools may utilize the alternating day format (ie: short/long day) or the one practice per day format (ie: 2.5 hour maximum). 3. Recommend there be no more than four conference schools in one seeding group. Coaches Advisory 8-0 Executive Staff _ No Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory _Yes 7-7_ Advisory Council _Yes 3-13 4. Recommend the home team be allowed to wear their home jerseys for all tournament games. Coaches Advisory 8-0 Executive Staff _ Yes Board of Control _Yes 11-0 Sports Advisory _Yes 13-1 Advisory Council _Yes 16-0 5. Recommend all schools must declare their interest in participating in the 8-player tournament by December 1. Coaches Advisory 8-0 Executive Staff _ Yes Board of Control _Yes 11-0 6. Recommend the WIAA recognize an 8-player football tournament bracket of 8 teams in 2015 at a location to be determined. Coaches Advisory 8-0 Executive Staff _ Split _ Board of Control _Yes 4-7 Sports Advisory _Yes 10-4 Advisory Council _Yes 5-11 OFFICIALS ADVISORY 1. Recommend high school age WIAA licensed officials be allowed to officiate any subvarsity level contest. Officials Advisory 12-0 Executive Staff Yes* Board of Control _Yes* 11-0 Sports Advisory _Yes 14-0 Advisory Council _Yes*16-0 * Post high school adult except hockey, for wrestling an adult must be present to conduct weigh ins and skin condition checks.
Page 5 OFFICIALS ADVISORY (cont.) 2. Recommend high school age WIAA licensed officials be allowed to officiate as lines people for varsity contests in soccer and hockey. * Remove hockey. Officials Advisory 12-0 Executive Staff _ Yes*_ Board of Control _Yes* 11-0 Sports Advisory Yes 12-2* Advisory Council _Yes*15-0 3. Recommend all ejection reports submitted by an official also be shared with the appropriate conference commissioner by the WIAA. Officials Advisory 12-0 Executive Staff _ No Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory Yes 1-13 Advisory Council _Yes 0-16_ 4. Recommend injury reports be removed from the listing of reports that officials are required to submit to the WIAA. Officials Advisory 12-0 Executive Staff No Board of Control _Yes 0-11 Sports Advisory Yes 1-13 Advisory Council _Yes 0-16