NMAA Board Summary 6-5-08

The Board of Directors met in regular session at the NMAA on Thursday, June 5, 2008.

The Board of Directors approved Roy Municipal Schools, Wagon Mound and Mosquero to co-op in the sport of SixMan football.

The Board of Directors approved a $250 sanction for programs who fail to enter complete information on-line, via the MVP system, for varsity, JV and C-Teams. Schools are required to enter complete rosters for Varsity, JV and C-Team and to also enter a team photo, schedules and results for Varsity teams.

By a unanimous vote, the Board of Directors approved revising the seeding and selection criteria for the 2008-2009, 2009-2010 school years. The regular season district champion will be the only team to automatically advance to the State Championships. The only time a regular season district runner up will automatically advance is if they win the District Tournament (volleyball and basketball are the only sports that have district tournaments). The district champ will be seeded with the at large teams depending on the number of teams in the bracket (i.e. football 12 teams, soccer 12 teams, volleyball 12 teams, basketball 16 teams, softball 16 teams, baseball 16 teams).

The Board of Directors approved allowing schools at the Class A level to co-op. The NMAA staff will create criteria to determine if schools are eligible to co-op.

The Board of Directors voted to approve mandating pre-season meetings for all NMAA member schools. The meetings will consist of the presentation of the NMAA DVD, general school/district information and information pertaining to individual sports and activities. The NMAA will provide the DVD to all schools prior to the school year beginning.

The Board of Directors tabled a motion to have Cimarron High School participate in District 4-AA in sports where Moreno Valley students participate with the Cimarron team based on enrollment figures that exceed 200 students.

The Board of Directors voted to approve sending an advisory referendum to Class A and AA schools regarding the future seeding and selection process for the State Basketball Tournament. The referendum will evaluate the future of regional tournaments in Class A and AA.

The Board of Directors approved allowing the NMAA Executive Director to levy sanctions on coaches or other school personnel who engage in unethical or unprofessional behavior. This action item was tabled at the January 2008 Board of Directors meeting.

By unanimous vote, the Board of Directors approved the use of 3-person mechanics for district basketball tournaments in all classifications in boys and girls. Districts can petition the NMAA to waive this rule on a year to year basis based upon District finances.

The Board of Directors voted to approve the sport of wrestling revising the qualifying procedures for the State Championships. In the past the state qualifying procedures were based on the overall district season record. The new qualifying procedure will be based on a district playoff.

The Board of Directors approved the Classification and Alignment for the sport of tennis for the 2008-2009, 2009-2010 school years, allowing schools to play in a different classification. Cobre will play in Class 4A, 4A will be reduced to 5 districts and a “small schools” classification will be added.