| CAUCUS PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA RULES AND REGULATIONS | ||||
| Title: | Baseball Districts Dates | |||
| Author: | Tom Kerkman | |||
| School: | Omaha Westside | |||
| NSAA District: | 2 | |||
| Proposal for: | Activities Manual | |||
| Classes Affected: | Class A | |||
| Activities Affected: | Baseball | |||
| This proposal: | WILL NOT increase costs to the school WILL NOT increase costs to the NSAA WILL NOT increase travel for participating schools WILL NOT decrease a student's or coach's instruction time | |||
| Implementation date: | 2024-08-31 | |||
| Sections affected in Activities Manual: | Page 15 | Article | Section | |
| Summary: | 4. Baseball: District Tournaments. The district tournaments will be single elimination with the winner qualifying for the state championship. District Dates. District tournaments will be held Thursday, May (), Friday, Saturday Class A: District tournaments for five and six team districts will be held on Thursday, May ( ), Friday, May ( ) and Saturday May ( ) . District tournaments for four team districts will be held on Friday, May ( ) ,Saturday May ( ) . Rain out dates include Monday, May ( ) and Tuesday, May ( ) Proposal Change: The district tournaments will be single elimination with the winner qualifying for the state championship. All Class A schools in baseball are to be placed into six districts. The districts shall be determined using a serpentine method (not modified), based upon the NSAA wildcard point system within one week prior to the first district. Games through Tuesday of Week 44 will be counted for Class A district assignments and seeding. District games will be played on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. (Week 44) Class A districts with a play-in game(s), the higher seeded team will be offered a contract to host that opening round game that will be played on Thursday. The top 12 teams will have the opportunity to host Semi-Final games. Those games will be played on Friday. (Week 44) The district championship will be hosted by the highest remaining seed. Those games will be played on Saturday. (Week 44). The top-seeded team in each district would be responsible for establishing district schedules and times. If the higher seed is unable to host the district tournament, the subsequent seed shall be offered a contract until a location is secured. Two additional teams in Class A which fail to qualify by winning the district play will qualify as wild card teams. | |||
| Rationale: | Rational -avoid playing DH, Mirror soccer, basketball, volleyball districts as home teams hosting a round | |||
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