2004-2005 - Georgia High School Association

GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 79
(b) If the student is from a school other than the one at which the
teacher coaches, the student must voluntarily attend any
instruction session or competition with the Summer activity
without any direct or indirect influence from the school the
student attends.
(c)
If any student transfers to the school where the teacher
coaches, it would be prima facie evidence of undue influence
and penalties could be administered.
NOTE: This interpretation applies to Community Coaches as well as
to certified teachers who coach.
• SITUATION: May a basketball team have a scrimmage game
against a team of the alumni or of the faculty of that school for fundraising
purposes?
INTERPRETATION: No, all participants in a practice must be eligible
students currently enrolled in the school. This would be a violation
in-season or out-of-season.
• SITUATION: May a school soccer team scrimmage a local recreation
soccer team?
INTERPRETATION: No, all participants in a practice must be eligible
students currently enrolled in the school.
• SITUATION: At an invitational golf tournament, the host school ends
its school day at 3:15 p.m. Other schools participating end their
school days at times ranging from 2:30 to 3:45. What is the earliest
this tournament may begin?
INTERPRETATION: 3:15 – The GHSA rule is that regular season
competitions may not begin before school is out for the host school.
• SITUATION: A school has a teacher’s workday on a Friday, and the
students are not in school. May the school host a golf tournament
that begins at 10:00am that day?
RULING: Yes. The golf tournament may be scheduled at that time,
and any schools that are also not in session that day may participate.
If a team’s school is in session, they may not participate until the
normal dismissal time of the host school.
BY-LAW 2.70 - SPORTSMANSHIP
• SITUATION: A baseball coach is ejected on Friday, and sits out the
next scheduled game on Monday. The Monday game is called
because of rain in the middle of the fifth inning with the home team
trailing. Does this game satisfy the “sit-out rule?”
INTERPRETATION: No, since the game was called before it was
considered a completed game, the coach may not count it as a sitout
game.