On Monday, Aug. 3rd the NSAA board of directors held a special meeting via ZOOM chat in order to discuss the plans for a fall sports season. The board broke it down sport by sport to analyze specific needs.
Football:
- According to Nate Neuhaus will start on time. Practices to begin Aug 10.
- Adding games not on the schedule would be possible, but would not count towards playoff seeding
- NSAA agrees to keep a list of teams and officials available to play every week
- Games that are postponed (not replacement games) will count towards playoffs
- Metro area schools still hesitant to start on-time. Want to start preseason workouts Aug 31.
- Possible for schools who don't qualify for the playoffs to keep playing during the playoffs to get games in
- NSAA Voted 8-0 to keep season starting as normal
Volleyball:
- No major changes came from today's board meeting
- NSAA voted 8-0 to keep season starting as normal with pre-established COVID requirements (social distancing, sanitize equipment, etc)
Softball:
- NSAA recs for softball season: Schedules must be set by 8/20. Covid-affected games are no-contests. Replacement games won't count for wild card points.
- NSAA voted 8-0 on Softball recs and to move forward as planned
Cross Country
- Staggered starts for XC possible with chip timing. Widening courses should happen. Recommends Class A going back to two district sites for this year only.
- NSAA voted 8-0 on XC recs and to move forward
Girls Golf
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No exchanging or signing of scorecards
- Elimination of scoring monitors at districts and state
- NSAA Voted 8-0
Boys Tennis
- No significant changes
- NSAA voted 8-0 to move forward
Transfer rules
- NSAA will not change transfer rules due to the pandemic
- Afraid it will cause more problems later
Finally, the NSAA board gave Executive Director Jay Bellar authority to make any COVID related decisions without needing to call a meeting.