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2011-2012 AAA Handbook - Arkansas Activities Association

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Seasons & Limitations - Game Rules - Rules Books<br />

NOTE: The sports presently authorized as requiring the use<br />

of registered officials are football, basketball, volleyball,<br />

baseball, softball, soccer, and wrestling.<br />

C. Schools that knowingly or unknowingly use officials in a<br />

varsity contest that are not registered with the AOA will be<br />

subject to the following penalties:<br />

1. First offense—school will be placed on warning for the<br />

remainder of the sport season<br />

2. Second offense—school will be placed on probation<br />

3. Third offense—school will be placed on probation and<br />

must forfeit the contest<br />

D. Any official who officiates a contest with a non-registered<br />

official will be subject to penalties that may include, but not<br />

limited to, a warning to possible probation for the specified<br />

sport season.<br />

E. A person who is not registered with the AOA and officiates<br />

a contest will not be allowed to register with the AOA for<br />

one calendar year.<br />

NOTE: All registered officials will be listed on the <strong>AAA</strong> web<br />

site. It is the responsibility of the school’s coach, athletic<br />

director, and administration to verify that all officials are<br />

registered with the AOA either by checking the <strong>AAA</strong> web site or<br />

contacting the <strong>AAA</strong> office.<br />

SECTION 2. SEASONS AND LIMITATIONS<br />

Rule 1. END OF SEASON. The interscholastic season for<br />

sports shall be defined in the Seasons and Limitations<br />

Chart. The end of the season shall be as follows:<br />

Senior High<br />

A. For football, basketball, and volleyball — Ends with the<br />

completion of the state championships for students in<br />

grades 10-12 and students in grade 9 who participated<br />

interscholastically with a senior varsity team.<br />

B. For baseball, softball, and soccer — Ends with the school’s<br />

failure to advance to the next level of competition for a state<br />

championship.<br />

Junior High For students in grades 7, 8, and students in<br />

grade 9 who have not participated on a senior high varsity<br />

team, when their school’s sport season is finished.<br />

Rule 2. PRESEASON / POSTSEASON EVENTS. There shall<br />

be no preseason or postseason interscholastic events<br />

approved for any sport except the catastrophe insurance<br />

fund benefit events.<br />

NOTE: The National Federation of State High School<br />

<strong>Association</strong>s endorses the UCA and UDA Nationals in<br />

Orlando, Florida; therefore, these are the only national<br />

cheer and dance competitions <strong>Arkansas</strong> high school teams<br />

are allowed to enter.<br />

Rule 3. PRACTICE EVENTS. No interscholastic scrimmage or<br />

practice events are allowed.<br />

NOTE: Any event between two or more school teams with<br />

or without officials or scorebook or uniforms shall count<br />

toward the maximum events permitted and is subject to<br />

season limitations.<br />

Rule 4. EXTENDED SEASON. The Executive Director may<br />

authorize extending the season by no more than two weeks<br />

for junior high teams in basketball and volleyball for school<br />

districts having multiple junior high schools, provided:<br />

A. Each exception desired is presented annually;<br />

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B. Competition between schools is limited to the schools within<br />

the school district;<br />

C. The request does not provide greater opportunity for<br />

participation of individuals or teams in numbers of events<br />

than is available to other <strong>AAA</strong> member schools of the same<br />

classification;<br />

D. All <strong>AAA</strong> eligibility rules and participation requirements for<br />

interscholastic events are followed that are not specified in<br />

the request.<br />

E. The school district specifies an individual responsible for<br />

monitoring the exception and making such reports as may<br />

be required by the director.<br />

Rule 5. MINIMUM PARTICIPATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP<br />

EVENTS<br />

A. No state champion shall be declared in a sport for boys,<br />

girls or coed teams if fewer than four conferences or<br />

districts enter teams. No conference or district organization<br />

may certify teams to a state tournament, meet, etc., if fewer<br />

than four teams participate in the certifying competition.<br />

B. In sports that require no conference or district certification to<br />

state competition, no state champion shall be declared if<br />

fewer than four teams participate in that classification.<br />

Rule 6. EVENT LIMITATIONS. The number of events allowed<br />

per team in each sport is found on the Seasons and<br />

Limitations chart.<br />

Rule 7. SEMESTER TESTS. Whether to schedule<br />

interscholastic competitive events during semester tests<br />

shall be determined by each local school district.<br />

SECTION 3. GAME RULES<br />

Rule 1. OFFICIAL RULES BOOKS. The Board of Directors<br />

shall designate an official rules book published by the NFHS<br />

or by other organizations for game rules in sports/activities<br />

as indicated below.<br />

Baseball – NFHS Baseball Rules Book<br />

Basketball – NFHS Basketball Rules Book<br />

Bowling – US Bowling Congress<br />

Football – NFHS Football Rules Book<br />

Golf - The Rules of Golf, United States Golf <strong>Association</strong><br />

<strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>Activities</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Golf <strong>Handbook</strong><br />

Soccer- NFHS Soccer Rules Book<br />

Softball – NFHS Softball Rules Book<br />

Spirit – (Cheer/ Dance) – NFHS Spirit Rules Book<br />

Swimming & Diving – NFHS Swimming & Diving Rules<br />

Book<br />

Tennis - USTA Yearbook, United States Tennis<br />

<strong>Association</strong>; <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>Activities</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Tennis<br />

<strong>Handbook</strong><br />

Track & Field/Cross Country – NFHS Track & Field and<br />

Cross Country Rules Book<br />

Volleyball – NFHS Volleyball Rules Book<br />

Wrestling -- NFHS Wrestling Rules Book<br />

Rule 2. DEVIATIONS FROM RULES BOOKS. The Board of<br />

Directors may authorize differences or deviations from rules

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