PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA REGULATIONS Proposal Generated by Joe Kutlas, Grand Island, School Access Code, District 4 This proposal was submitted on: Oct 29, 2009 This proposal is submitted by: Name: Joe Kutlas School: Grand Island NSAA District: 4 The proposal deals with: Activities Manual: Swimming  Page: 15-16 The section/paragraph/sentence indicates what is to be added/deleted/changed to the current Bylaw/Approved Ruling: ADDITIONS are in all capital letters. (Changes/Deletions are in parentheses.) Scoring. SIXTEEN (Twelve) places will count for scoring. (Relays: 32-26-24-22-20-18-14-10-8-6-4-2) RELAYS: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2. (Individual events in swimming and diving: 16-13-12-11-10-9-7-5-4-3-2-1) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS IN SWIMMING AND DIVING: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Awards. Championship and runner-up team trophies will be awarded. �� Medals will be awarded to individuals in the first EIGHT (six) places in all events. �� The head coach of the championship team will receive an award. �� Any award given to a team or individual prior to, during or immediately following an NSAA state contest is to be awarded by the Nebraska School Activities Association. State Entries Entries. All entries (swimming/diving) must be submitted electronically on the NSAA webpage under the School Login section. • All entries for the State Swimming and Diving Championships must meet the automatic qualifying standard. If there are not 32 (24) competitors entered in a swimming event who have met the qualifying standard, additional qualifiers who have met the secondary standard will be added based on time to reach 32 (24) entries IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SECONDARY TIME ENTRIES SUBMITTED TO REACH 32, ADDITIONAL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ADDED. The secondary time represents 8% of the qualifying standard FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AND 5% FOR RELAYS. Individuals to be considered as additional qualifiers must be submitted for consideration at the time that entries are due in the NSAA office. *If there is a tie for the (24th) 32nd spot (secondary time), an additional heat will not be added. • The automatic 11-dive standard for both boys and girls is set at 300 with no secondary standard. There is no 6-dive automatic dive standard. If there are fewer than (24) 32 automatic state diving qualifying entries, additional divers will not be added. State Championship Schedule (Thursday, February 25 8:00 a.m. Girls diving warm-up 9:30 a.m. Girls’ competition prelims, semis and finals 12:30 p.m. Boys’ diving warm-up 2:00 p.m. Boys’ competition prelims, semis and finals Friday, February 26 7:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Boys Warm-up 9:00 a.m. Boys Preliminaries 12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Girls warm-up 1:30 p.m. Girls Preliminaries) THURSDAY 10:00 am – 11:50 am GIRLS SWIMMING WARM-UP 12:00 pm GIRLS SWIMMING PRELIMINARIES 3:00 pm GIRLS DIVING WARM-UP 4:30 pm GIRLS DIVING (PRELIMS, SEMIS AND FINALS) FRIDAY 10:00 am – 11:50 am BOYS SWIMMING WARM-UP 12:00 pm BOYS SWIMMING PRELIMINARIES 3:00 pm BOYS DIVING WARM-UP 4:30 pm BOYS DIVING (PRELIMS, SEMIS AND FINALS) The section/paragraph/sentence that needs to be added/deleted/changed would read as follows: Scoring. Sixteen places will count for scoring. Relays: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2. Individual events in swimming and diving: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Awards. Championship and runner-up team trophies will be awarded. �� Medals will be awarded to individuals in the first eight places in all events. �� The head coach of the championship team will receive an award. �� Any award given to a team or individual prior to, during or immediately following an NSAA state contest is to be awarded by the Nebraska School Activities Association. State Entries Entries. All entries (swimming/diving) must be submitted electronically on the NSAA webpage under the School Login section. • All entries for the State Swimming and Diving Championships must meet the automatic qualifying standard. If there are not 32 competitors entered in a swimming event who have met the qualifying standard, additional qualifiers who have met the secondary standard will be added based on time to reach 32 entries If there are not enough secondary time entries submitted to reach 32, additional entries will not be added. The secondary time represents 8% of the qualifying standard for individual events and 5% for relays. Individuals to be considered as additional qualifiers must be submitted for consideration at the time that entries are due in the NSAA office. *If there is a tie for the 32nd spot (secondary time), an additional heat will not be added. • The automatic 11-dive standard for both boys and girls is set at 300 with no secondary standard. There is no 6-dive automatic dive standard. If there are fewer than 32 automatic state diving qualifying entries, additional divers will not be added. State Championship Schedule Thursday 10:00 am – 11:50 am Girls Swimming Warm-up 12:00 pm Girls Swimming Preliminaries 3:00 pm Girls Diving Warm-up 4:30 pm Girls Diving Prelims, semis and finals) Friday 10:00 am – 11:50 am Boys swimming warm-up 12:00 pm Boys swimming preliminaries 3:00 pm Boys Diving Warm-up 4:30 pm Boys Diving (Prelims, semis, and finals) Cost Analysis of Proposal: •Most schools will have no change in travel expenses. Most were already splitting travel between boy and girls with the prelim format change. •Many schools traveling from outside the Lincoln/Omaha area may save in hotel expenses due to later prelim start times. •Single gender schools may save by eliminating one day they need to attend prelims. •Schools who travel extreme distances (Scottsbluff, North Platte?) may need one extra night lodging. •Facility is already in use for all three days. •More qualifiers and later start times for prelims should allow selling of all tickets for prelims. More revenue for NSAA. •Additional expense for medals. Rationale for the proposed change: •There has been an increase in numbers of swimming schools and swimmers and the quality of swimmers has also increased. Adding numbers to the state meet will not lessen the value of qualifying for state. •Will prevent the state meet from becoming a contest that only elite athletes who train exclusively year round in one sport can achieve. •Will spread the scoring out amongst more schools, potentially creating a more exciting team race involving multiple schools. •Will help the sport grow by allowing more schools and athletes to have success at the state level. •Able to allow more competitors with no changes to facility or help needed and only minor changes to schedule. •Will have equal start times for boys and girls. •Will eliminate splitting coaching staffs for prelims. •Will decrease separation between swimming and diving competitions. •Will eliminate need to clear facility between preliminary sessions. •Not changing individual qualifying times allows competition for spots to remain at a high level. There have been enough secondary qualifiers in past years to easily fill 32 places. •Changing formula for determining secondary relay qualification times will prevent the secondary relay time from becoming a de facto state qualifying time and will ensure that only deserving relay teams qualify for state.