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REGULATIONS FOR CHANGING SPORTS<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s have two weeks to make up their minds about the exercise activity they would like to join.<br />
At the end of this period they must stay with the activity they are in. In the case of teams with outside<br />
games scheduled, once the final cut has been made, a student must stay with that sport. <strong>The</strong> athletic<br />
director and the coaches involved must clear all changes.<br />
ATHLETIC TRAINING RULES<br />
Any interscholastic team member found in violation of the <strong>School</strong>’s Fundamental Rule with regard<br />
to the use of alcohol and/or drugs is considered to have violated the Athletic Training Rules. <strong>Student</strong>s<br />
found in violation of the Smoking or Smokeless Tobacco Rules as explained on page 28 of this<br />
<strong>Handbook</strong> will be considered to be in violation of Training Rules.<br />
Coaches, in consultation with the Athletic Director, have discretion to respond to a player<br />
on their own team as they see fit. (For example, a coach can decide that a student coming off<br />
of a suspension has to earn back a starting position. A captain who violates the athletic training<br />
rules rule could be asked to step down from their position of leadership.) A student who violates<br />
Training Rules will not be eligible for a varsity letter or any other athletic award at the end of the<br />
season. <strong>Student</strong>s who are not using tobacco but who are found present when tobacco (smoking or<br />
chewing) is being used, are considered in violation of Training Rules. <strong>Student</strong>s who break Training<br />
Rules in this way with regard to tobacco use may, with the head coach’s recommendation, earn an<br />
athletic award. A second violation will result in automatic dismissal from the squad.<br />
Training Rules are in effect starting on the day that practice for a team begins and remain in effect<br />
until the end of the season.<br />
Uniform enforcement of the penalty is the responsibility of the Coach and Athletic Directors.<br />
When there are extenuating circumstances, the Faculty-<strong>Student</strong> Athletic Committee will review the<br />
case immediately before the athletic penalty is enacted. Offenders will be allowed to appear before<br />
the committee to defend their actions.<br />
FOUNDERS LEAGUE<br />
<strong>Taft</strong> competes in the Founders League in most sports. <strong>The</strong> heads of the Founders League schools have<br />
agreed on the following expectations regarding behavior of fans at athletic contests. Spectators should<br />
watch games from those areas defined by each school as spectator areas. Spectators should not run up<br />
and down the sidelines, call to opposing players, coaches or referees in an unsportsmanlike manner, enter<br />
the field of play, stand behind the opposing team’s bench and heckle or give cheers that are profane or<br />
mock competitors. Spectators who abuse these guidelines will be subject to disciplinary action.<br />
ATHLETICS<br />
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