FHSAA.org: Board of Directors: Agenda: Jan. 27-28, 2008

Official Agenda of the
Florida High School Athletic Association
and Florida High School Athletic Association's Land Corporation
Board of Directors

Sunday & Monday, Jan. 27-28, 2008
Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building
Gainesville, Florida

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Florida High School Athletic Association
Florida High School Athletic Association’s Land Corporation
Board of Directors

Sunday & Monday, January 27-28, 2008
Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building
Gainesville, Florida

Sunday, January 27, 2008

1 p.m. Appellate hearings (Conference Center)

Executive Director Selection Committee (Executive Director’s office)

Finance Committee (Fitness Center)

Governance Committee (Associate Executive Director’s Office)

Operations Committee (Conference Center)

6 p.m. Board/staff dinner (Mailroom & Conference Center)

Monday, January 28, 2008

9 a.m. General business meeting (Conference Center)

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A G E N D A

Florida High School Athletic Association
Florida High School Athletic Association’s Land Corporation
Board of Directors

9 a.m., January 28, 2008
Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building
Gainesville, Florida

1. Call to order. Finlayson.

2. Welcome and announcements. Finlayson.

3. Adoption of agenda (Action). Finlayson.

4. Approval of minutes of November 18-19, 2007 meeting (Action) [Supplement A]. Finlayson.

5. Report of the President (Information). Finlayson.

6. Report of the Executive Director (Information). Stewart.

7. Report of the Executive Director Selection Committee. Greer.

a. Selection of finalists for position of Executive Director (Action).

8. Report of the Finance Committee.

a. Review of Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc., financial statements for period ending December 31, 2007 (Action) [Supplement B]. Elkins.

b. Review of Florida High School Athletic Association Land Corporation financial statements for period ending December 31, 2007 (Action) [Supplement C]. Elkins.

c. Adoption of proposed amendments to FHSAA employee policies (Action) [Supplement D]. Elkins.

9. Report of the Governance Committee. Sims.

a. Appointment of Sam Momary, principal of Hagerty High School (Oviedo), to fill vacant public school representative seat on Section 2 Appeals Committee (Action) [Supplement E]. Watford.

b. Approval of 2008-09 meeting dates for Board of Directors, Representative Assembly and Sectional Appeals Committees (Action) [Supplement F]. Watford.

c. Random selection of schools to undergo compliance reviews during the winter and spring sports seasons (Action) [Supplement G]. Watford.

d. Report on compliance reviews conducted during the fall sports season (Information). Hester.

e. Review of proposals to amend FHSAA Bylaws adopted by the Representative Assembly at its January 14-15, 2008 meeting (Information). Watford.

10. Report of the Operations Committee. Malloy.

a. Recommendations of the Cross Country Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement H]. Young.

(1) Require coaches meeting at regional meets be held 60 minutes, rather than 30 minutes prior to the start of the meet. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

b. Recommendations of the Football Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement I]. Pigott.

(1) Propose rule change to NFHS that would prohibit “horse collar” tackles. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

(2) Allow one controlled scrimmage against an in-state opponent during the second week of fall practice that is not more than 3 hours long and with officials present. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee does not endorse.

(3) Propose rule change to NFHS that would add an automatic first down to the existing 15-yard penalty for a personal foul facemask violation. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

(4) Propose rule change to NFHS that would make a muffed punt that rolls into the end zone a touchback so that it is consistent with a muffed free kick (kickoff). Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

(5) Request that the financial compensation paid by the Association to schools participating in the FHSAA Finals be reviewed on a regular basis. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

c. Recommendations of Golf Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement J]. Rohrer.

(1) Require that each regional tournament have an FSGA/USGA official on site if one is available. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

(2) Advance from each regional tournament to the FHSAA Finals the first- and second-place teams and the two lowest scoring individuals who are not members of the advancing teams if they are within 4 strokes of the USGA course rating. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee amended the recommendation to provide that the two lowest scoring individuals who are not members of the advancing teams must be within 5 strokes of the lowest scoring individual, rather than within 4 strokes of the USGA course rating, to advance, and endorses the recommendation as amended.

(3) Allow female golfers to use pull-carts if desired. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee amended the recommendation to allow both male and female golfers to use pull-carts if desired, and endorses the recommendation as amended.

d. Recommendations of Swimming & Diving Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement K]. Forrester.

(1) Amend existing provisions governing competitors with disabilities by authorizing the referee to make every reasonable effort to accommodate such competitors and to apply the rules and guidelines as provided by NFHS Rule 8-4. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

(2) Require the relay card procedure that is utilized at the FHSAA Finals be used at all district and regional meets. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

e. Recommendations of Girls Volleyball Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement L]. Forrester.

(1) Propose rule change to NFHS that would allow the head coach to stand in the libero replacement zone at any time to coach his/her players and to request that the NFHS permit the FHSAA to experiment with the proposed rule change. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

(2) Increase the pre-match warm-up period from 15 to 18 minutes as follows: 4 minutes shared, 6 minutes visiting team, 6 minutes home team, 2 minutes serving shared. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

f. Recommendations of Officials Advisory Committee (Information) [Supplement M]. Forrester.

The Officials Advisory Committee has no recommendations pending before the Board of Directors at this time. Minutes of the committee’s most recent meeting are provided for the board’s information.

g. Action on proposed amendment to “Policy on Unsportsmanlike Conduct” clarifying that unsportsmanlike acts may be penalized even if such acts do not result in ejection from a contest, imposing more severe penalties for second or subsequent acts of a gross unsportsmanlike nature, and providing a procedure for appeal of such penalties (Action) [Supplement N]. Thornton.

h. Discussion on proposed amendment to “Policy on Unsportsmanlike Conduct” requiring all coaches who are ejected from contests to complete the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching online course with 15 days of the ejection (Discussion) [Supplement O]. Thornton.

i. Discussion on proposed amendment to “Non-Faculty Coach Guidelines” requiring all non-faculty coaches to complete the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching online course (Discussion) [Supplement P]. Thornton.

j. Discussion on the possible need to modify the dates for regional tournament quarterfinal rounds in the state girls & boys soccer series due to the limited number of qualified contest officials (Discussion). Thornton.

k. Discussion on request by FACA president Wilson Edwards relative to the televising of college football games on Friday nights (Discussion) [Attachment Q]. Horner.

l. Discussion on possible FHSAA modification to NFHS football rules increasing the penalty for flips or “superman” dives into the end zone to include an automatic ejection of the offending player (Discussion). Stewart.

11. Legal update (Information). Ireland.

12. Comments and requests from members of the Board of Directors. Finlayson.

13. Schedule of upcoming meetings of the Board of Directors. Stewart.

a. April 6-7, 2008, Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building, Gainesville, FL.

b. June 12-13, 2008, Sea Turtle Inn, Jacksonville Beach, FL.

14. Adjournment.

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A G E N D A

Florida High School Athletic Association
Executive Director Selection Committee

1 p.m., Sunday, January 27, 2008
Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building
Gainesville, Florida

Committee Members
Tom Greer, Chair
Roger Dearing
Richard Finlayson
Ernie Modugno
Pam Stewart

1. Call to order. Greer.

2. Adoption of agenda. Greer.

3. Selection of finalists for recommendation to the Board of Directors (Action). Greer.

4. General discussion. Greer.

5. Adjournment.

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A G E N D A

Florida High School Athletic Association
Finance Committee

1 p.m., Sunday, January 27, 2008
Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building
Gainesville, Florida

Committee Members
Dalton Sheffield, chair
Charles Bethel
Greg Zornes

1. Call to order. Sheffield.

2. Adoption of agenda. Sheffield.

3. Review of Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc., financial statements for period ending December 31, 2007 (Action) [Supplement B]. Elkins.

4. Review of Florida High School Athletic Association Land Corporation financial statements for period ending December 31, 2007 (Action) [Supplement C]. Elkins.

5. Adoption of proposed amendments to FHSAA employee policies (Action) [Supplement D]. Elkins.

6. General discussion. Sheffield.

a. Review of fall FHSAA Finals events financials (Information). Elkins.

7. Adjournment.

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A G E N D A

Florida High School Athletic Association
Governance Committee

1 p.m., Sunday, January 27, 2008
Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building
Gainesville, Florida

Committee Members
Danny Sims, chair
Bob Cotter
Eric Hinson
Keith Summers

1. Call to order. Sims.

2. Adoption of agenda. Sims.

3. Appointment of Sam Momary, principal of Hagerty High School (Oviedo), to fill vacant public school representative seat on Section 2 Appeals Committee (Action) [Supplement E]. Watford.

4. Approval of 2008-09 meeting dates for Board of Directors, Representative Assembly and Sectional Appeals Committees (Action) [Supplement F]. Watford.

5. Random selection of schools to undergo compliance reviews during the winter and spring sports seasons (Action) [Supplement G]. Watford.

6. Report on compliance reviews conducted during the fall sports season (Information). Hester.

7. Review of proposals to amend FHSAA Bylaws adopted by the Representative Assembly at its January 14-15, 2008 meeting (Information). Watford.

8. General discussion. Sims.

9. Adjournment.

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A G E N D A

Florida High School Athletic Association
Operations Committee

1 p.m., Sunday, January 27, 2008
Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building
Gainesville, Florida

Committee Members
Jeff Malloy, chair
Dave Horner
Chris McKeon
Marcos Moran

1. Call to order. Malloy.

2. Adoption of agenda. Malloy.

3. Recommendations of the Cross Country Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement H]. Young.

a. Require coaches meeting at regional meets be held 60 minutes, rather than 30 minutes prior to the start of the meet. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

4. Recommendations of the Football Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement I]. Pigott.

a. Propose rule change to NFHS that would prohibit “horse collar” tackles. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

b. Allow one controlled scrimmage against an in-state opponent during the second week of fall practice that is not more than 3 hours long and with officials present. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee does not endorse.

c. Propose rule change to NFHS that would add an automatic first down to the existing 15-yard penalty for a personal foul facemask violation. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

d. Propose rule change to NFHS that would make a muffed punt that rolls into the end zone a touchback so that it is consistent with a muffed free kick (kickoff). Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

e. Request that the financial compensation paid by the Association to schools participating in the FHSAA Finals be reviewed on a regular basis. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

5. Recommendations of Golf Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement J]. Rohrer.

a. Require that each regional tournament have an FSGA/USGA official on site if one is available. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

b. Advance from each regional tournament to the FHSAA Finals the first- and second-place teams and the two lowest scoring individuals who are not members of the advancing teams if they are within 4 strokes of the USGA course rating. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee amended the recommendation to provide that the two lowest scoring individuals who are not members of the advancing teams must be within 5 strokes of the lowest scoring individual, rather than within 4 strokes of the USGA course rating, to advance, and endorses the recommendation as amended.

c. Allow female golfers to use pull-carts if desired. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee amended the recommendation to allow both male and female golfers to use pull-carts if desired, and endorses the recommendation as amended.

6. Recommendations of Swimming & Diving Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement K]. Forrester.

a. Amend existing provisions governing competitors with disabilities by authorizing the referee to make every reasonable effort to accommodate such competitors and to apply the rules and guidelines as provided by NFHS Rule 8-4. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

b. Require the relay card procedure that is utilized at the FHSAA Finals be used at all district and regional meets. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

7. Recommendations of Girls Volleyball Advisory Committee (Action) [Supplement L]. Forrester.

a. Propose rule change to NFHS that would allow the head coach to stand in the libero replacement zone at any time to coach his/her players and to request that the NFHS permit the FHSAA to experiment with the proposed rule change. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

b. Increase the pre-match warm-up period from 15 to 18 minutes as follows: 4 minutes shared, 6 minutes visiting team, 6 minutes home team, 2 minutes serving shared. Athletic Directors Advisory Committee endorses.

8. Recommendations of Officials Advisory Committee (Information) [Supplement M]. Forrester.

9. Action on proposed amendment to “Policy on Unsportsmanlike Conduct” clarifying that unsportsmanlike acts may be penalized even if such acts do not result in ejection from a contest, imposing more severe penalties for second or subsequent acts of a gross unsportsmanlike nature, and providing a procedure for appeal of such penalties (Action) [Supplement N]. Thornton.

10. Discussion on proposed amendment to “Policy on Unsportsmanlike Conduct” requiring all coaches who are ejected from contests to complete the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching online course with 15 days of the ejection (Discussion) [Supplement O]. Thornton.

11. Discussion on proposed amendment to “Non-Faculty Coach Guidelines” requiring all non-faculty coaches to complete the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching online course (Discussion) [Supplement P]. Thornton.

12. Discussion on the possible need to modify the dates for regional tournament quarterfinal rounds in the state girls & boys soccer series due to the limited number of qualified contest officials (Discussion). Thornton.

13. Discussion on request by FACA president Wilson Edwards relative to the televising of college football games on Friday nights (Discussion) [Attachment Q]. Horner.

14. Discussion on possible FHSAA modification to NFHS football rules increasing the penalty for flips or “superman” dives into the end zone to include an automatic ejection of the offending player (Discussion). Stewart.

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