Monday Morning News
September 9-12 – NFHS Section VI Meeting
September 15 – Membership Contract Dues
September 16 – Hardship Review
September 17 – NMAA Board of Directors Meeting
September 24 – Monthly ADs Zoom Meeting
In the News:
MEMBER SCHOOL’S “OFFICIAL VOTER” DESIGNATION
NMAA Bylaw 3.12.1 states “The administrative head of each member school, with local Board of Education approval, appoints the “Official Voter” for the school. The “Official Voter” is the school’s voting representative for all matters pertaining to the business of the NMAA when the referendum is required.” NMAA Bylaw 3.9.2 requires that the “Official Voter”, and other staff information, is posted on MaxPreps on or before September 15. If you have any questions, please contact Assistant Director, Tyler Dunkel at tyler@nmact.org.
Adding an Official Voter on MaxPreps:
https://youtu.be/1Sv-ZnvvQDk
MEMBERSHIP DUES, FEES AND CONTRACTS
Membership dues/fees and contracts have been mailed to all schools. Please be sure to submit these to the NMAA by Monday, September 15, 2025. If you have not received either of these, or have any questions regarding membership contracts, please contact Alissa Wesbrook at 505-923-3266 or alissa@nmact.org. For questions regarding membership dues and fees please contact Annette Castillo at 505-595-3402 or annette@nmact.org.
NMAA LIGHTNING/THREATENING WEATHER POLICY AND GUIDELINES
As the Fall Sports season rolls along, we wanted to remind everyone of the NMAA LIGHTNING/THREATENING WEATHER POLICY AND GUIDELINES. Administrators, Officials, Athletic Trainers and Head Coaches should work together when making any determinations to suspend play. HAVE A GAME PLAN.
Should weather become an issue, please note that once the contest begins the assigned contest officials are responsible for making decisions to stop play due to unsafe weather conditions. While the final burden lies with contest officials, it is highly recommended that host site administration and contest officials work together when making any determinations to interrupt play and use any and all available information in doing so. If available, on-site medical professionals/athletic trainers should also be consulted and included in the decision-making process. When in doubt, err on the side of safety.
If contests are interrupted due to weather, the administration from each school must work together to determine how long the teams will wait to attempt to complete the contest. This decision should not be made based on the current score, but instead on a variety of factors including but not limited to distance traveled by the visiting school, time of day, remaining time left, projected weather conditions, ability to reschedule/resume the contest, field conditions, etc.
The NMAA should be contacted if questions arise from the officials or administrators when discussing these issues on site.
As a reminder and per Bylaw 7.10.2, suspended contests that cannot be resumed the same day should be handled as follows:
In the event that a game must be interrupted because of conditions which make it impossible to continue play (i.e. lightning, darkness, power outage, etc.) the head official/referee shall declare it an official game if one complete half or more of the game has been played; based upon the NFHS definition of a regulation game. If less than one-half of the game has been played, and it is a district game/post-season game, the game must be rescheduled from the point of interruption/suspension of play. If less than one-half of the game has been played, and it is a non-district game, the participating schools must mutually agree to reschedule the game from the point of interruption/suspension of play or the game will be considered a non-game.
NMAA Foundation School Grant/Support Applications – 1st Cycle Open
The NMAA Foundation was established in 2007 to serve the schools and students of New Mexico in various ways. Most notably, this has been done through the many scholarships that the NMAA Foundation offers each year to students across the state. In addition to awarding scholarships, part of the NMAA Foundation’s mission is to assist schools through the awarding of financial grants/support. In the past, these funds have been used to help with the costs of starting a new sport or activity, purchasing essential equipment, and helping schools in emergency situations.
There are three categories for which a school can apply for funding: Program Start-Up, General Operating Support, and Emergency Use. There are two grant cycles, each with an application deadline, during the school year for Program Start-Up and General Operating Support funding requests. The deadline for the first grant cycle is scheduled for September 30, 2025, and the deadline for the second grant cycle is January 10, 2025.
Applications are reviewed after each deadline by the NMAA Foundation Board of Directors and awards are announced shortly thereafter.
Those interested in being considered for grant funding/support must complete a school grant/support application by established deadlines. Schools applying through the Emergency Use category can submit applications at any time.
The NMAA Foundation has allocated $22,500 for this program for the 2025-2026 school year, and awards typically range from $250-$1,500. Please contact Julie Sanchez at julie@nmact.org with questions or if additional information is needed.
https://www.nmact.org/file/NMAA_Foundation_Support_Grant_Application.pdf
REGIONAL MEETINGS
NMAA Executive Director Dusty Young, Associate Director Scott Owen and Assistant Director Gary Allison will attend the Fall Regional Meetings around the state in conjunction with Cooperative Educational Services. The NMAA encourages all Athletic Directors to attend a session in their area. This will be an opportunity for Athletic Directors to have an open forum type session with the NMAA Executive Director and staff on issues and topics of interest to them.
Meetings are scheduled as follows:
Region II – September 15 – Taos HS – 5:30 p.m.
Region V – September 16 – Grady HS – 5:30 p.m.
Region VI – September 22 – Carlsbad HS – 5:30 p.m.
Region VIII – September 23 – Deming HS – 5:30 p.m.
Region I – September 29 – Farmington (Central Office) – 5:30 p.m.
Region IV – September 30 – Albuquerque (Location TBD) – 5:30 p.m.
Region III – October 6 – Clayton HS – 5:30 p.m.
Region VII – October 7 – Hondo – 5:30 p.m.
HUDL VIDEO UPLOAD
Athletic Directors, please remind your football coaches to have their games uploaded to Hudl following their contests. The deadline for games played on Thursday and Friday is 1 p.m. on Saturday. For games on Saturday, the deadline is 10 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Below are a few tutorials for reference.
Exchange Pool Walkthrough – https://vimeo.com/1107865437/e6e4480b36?share=copy
Exchange Pool Tutorial – https://support.hudl.com/s/article/use-a-league-pool-hudl-classic?language=en_US
Hudl also has a support team able to assist you with any other Hudl products you may be using. Find support information at https://www.hudl.com/support or email at support@hudl.com.
If you currently do not subscribe to Hudl, you can receive an exchange-only subscription that will allow you to participate in the exchange. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please contact Brendan Lipovsky at brendan.lipovsky@hudl.com.
MAXPREP SCORES
Reminder to input your final score into MaxPreps as soon as possible, following your contest. Having an accurate schedule on MaxPreps with the final score is vital to the seeding & selection process for State Championships.
MaxPreps Score Reporting:
https://www.nmact.org/file/MaxPreps_score_reporting.pdf
