CAUCUS PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA RULES AND REGULATIONS
Title:

Girls and Boys Golf

Author:Dave Hoxworth
School:Scottsbluff
NSAA District:6
 
Proposal for:Activities Manual
 
Classes Affected:Class B
Activities Affected:Boys Golf
Girls Golf
This proposal:WILL increase costs to the school
WILL NOT increase costs to the NSAA
WILL increase travel for participating schools
WILL NOT decrease a student's or coach's instruction time
Implementation date:2024-08-22
Sections affected in Activities Manual:Page
13,15,and 16
Article

Section

Summary:Changes starting on Page 13 of Golf Manual:

MANDATORY INPUT FOR VARSITY SCHEDULES (CLASS A ONLY) (CLASS A and B ONLY)

1. All Class A and B Varsity golf teams will be required to enter their complete regular season schedule by the respective deadline: a. Boys Class A and B Varsity Golf Schedules: - Due: Thursday of Week 6 (August 8, 2024) b. Boys Class A Varsity Golf Schedules – Due: Tuesday of Week 36 (March 12, 2025)

2. Once the golf season has begun, schools CANNOT add contests to their regular season schedules.

3. All Varsity scheduled contests shall be played with a Varsity team. Postponed contests shall be rescheduled by all participating schools if possible.

4. If your varsity team does not compete in an event on your schedule due to reasons other than weather postponements or cancelation, the respective school will be required to provide reasoning for non-participation.

5. Contest results for ALL contests on your varsity schedule are to be entered through the NSAA website in a timely fashion. Only events played on courses with official Nebraska Golf Association course ratings will be considered in the differential program.

Changes starting on Page 15 & 16 of Golf Manual:

*NOTE: #1 through #6 below are taken directly from Class A Differential with appropriate changes in bold underlined.

BOYS GOLF DISTRICTS

The Girls District Golf Tournament will be held October 7-8, 2024. The Boys District Golf Tournaments will be held May 19-20, 2025. The District hosts, sites and C and D school assignments will be posted to the NSAA website once all have accepted the hosting contract. Class A and B District Tournament assignments will be released on May 1, 2024.

Class A and B:

1. Class A schools are the schools with a combined enrollment of 850 and above playing boys golf and are assigned to four districts.

1a. Class B schools are those remaining schools that are in the top 80 but have an enrollment of less than 850 playing girls golf.

2. All Class A and B schools competing in a minimum of four VARSITY 18-hole stroke-play competitions will be assigned to four Districts using a serpentine method based on seeding determined by regular season team average differentials. Team average differentials are team score (four lowest players combined scores) minus (course rating from tees used x four players) = differential). The school with the lowest average differential is placed in District 1, the next lowest in District 2, the next lowest in District 3, the next lowest in District 4, the next lowest back in District 4, the next lowest in District 3, etc., until all 32 schools are assigned. Assignments will be released two Tuesdays before the district tournaments.

3. Class A and B schools hosting regular season meets shall *report to the NSAA office the following results within 48 hours of the competition: a. the name of the golf course played, b. the names of each team including individual team members with individual and team scores, c. the course rating (for holes on the correct side) played from the tee box used for the competition. * Reports are submitted on-line from the AD’s or golf coaches personal page at www.nsaahome.org. Note: Some teams that play junior varsity (JV) teams in varsity events will lower their placement as far as district ranking if those teams are listed as varsity teams. To avoid this, coaches should list these teams as JV teams when entering a varsity tournament. Only varsity team scores should be reported to the NSAA office for seasonal differential team tracking.

4. All season meets hosted on or prior to the Friday of Week 43 (April 26, 2024), are to be reported to the NSAA office by the meet's host director, or by the participating team’s coach or AD if the varsity meet is out of state or not hosted by a Class A school.

5. Any schools not competing in at least four VARSITY 18-hole stroke-play competitions will be placed at the bottom of the seeding list in the order of their AVERAGE DIFFERENTIALS, lowest above highest on the list and placed in the sequential district.

6. District tournament host schools and specific golf courses will be selected before the season begins in order to secure hosts and golf courses for the events. After postseason seeding the host schools will be assigned to one of the four districts so there is one host-school per district. The NSAA Director of Golf will make the simplest one-team trades between districts so that host teams with the closest average differentials to a team in another district are switched. Schools are not allowed to host consecutive years unless necessary.

QUALIFYING FOR NSAA CHAMPIONSHIP (CLASS A and B ONLY)

1. The first three teams and the first ten individual places plus ties in each district will qualify for the NSAA Championship, using medal play. After districts are completed the NSAA will take as many individuals as needed so that there is a total of 15 individuals competing at the state golf tournament. Individuals will be selected according to individual differential for the season including districts. To be eligible a player must compete in at least five 18-hole competitions for the year and districts. (NSAA will keep track on all Class A and B player's individual differential for the season.)

2. Playoffs will be used in case of ties for the NSAA Championship TEAM qualifying spots.

3. Schools that do not finish as one of the top three teams in the District cannot qualify for team honors at the NSAA Championship, even though that school may have qualified at least four individual golfers through individual placement at Districts.

4. A school which qualifies for the NSAA Championship may play any five eligible players at the championship. They do not have to be the same people who played at the district tournament. Any roster changes to the State Championship team should be communicated to the NSAA office to reflect such changes and ensure scorecards, scoreboards and tee times will be accurate. Any substituted player will be assigned the same tee time of the player being replaced.

5. An additional charge of $25 be added to a Class A school's registration fee for boys golf and for girls golf for one year to cover programming costs that exceed $500
Rationale:To make golf's regular season meaningful and to assure that we are getting the top teams/players to the Class B State Golf tournament each Spring.
Pros:1. Golf is the only sport in which the regular season has absolutely no bearing on the opportunity to qualify for state competition (seeding, wildcard, etc.). Tracking team differentials and seeding districts accordingly makes the regular season matter rather than being an exhibition.

2. The system has been established and is effectively working in Class A.
Cons:There could be travel for some teams after district seedings are assigned. Travel will be similar to what happens during state football and district volleyball and basketball.