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27A. The student should not be permitted to participate until the student%u2019s principal has made a determination of eligibility in conjunction with the IHSAA, if appropriate. (rule 3-8)Crowd ControlQ. 3-12 Is the home/host School exclusively responsible for crowd control?A. No. While the home/host School must assume a primary responsibility for the management of the Contest, including providing for crowd control, there is a mutual responsibility on all participating Schools. The visiting School(s) must also take such measures as are necessary to ensure proper behavior by the visiting School%u2019s students and fans. (rule 3-6)Q. 3-13 What steps must a School take when a fan of the School%u2019s team becomes unreasonably unruly and/or is ejected from a Contest?A. For the same reason a School is required to take affi rmative steps after the ejection of a student athlete, coach or administrator, a School is expected to promptly take remedial action when a fan of the School%u2019s team is unreasonably unruly and/or ejected. While a complete list of the remedial steps is impossible, it would be appropriate that the unruly/ejected fan be barred from One (1) or more future Contests and that, in the future, the unruly/ejected fan%u2019s seating be restricted to certain locations at the venue. More Restrictive School rulesQ.3-14 May a member School impose rules that are stricter than those rules and regulations included in the IHSAA By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation?A. Yes, a School may narrow the scope of the activities of the students, provided the School%u2019s rules do not violate or confl ict with the IHSAA rules. (rule 3-5).RULE 4 %u2013 AGE4-1 Maximum Age of Student AthletesA student who is or shall be Twenty (20) years of age prior to or on the scheduled date of the IHSAA State Finals in a sport shall be ineligible for interschool athletic competition in that sport; a student who is nineteen (19) years of age on the scheduled date of the IHSAA State Finals in a sport shall be eligible as to age for interschool athletic competition in that sport.Q & AAge rule - GenerallyQ. 4-1 Is a student eligible if the student turns Twenty (20) years of age on the second day of a multi-day State Finals of a Tournament Series?A. No, if a student turns 20 years of age on any scheduled date of a State Finals the student is ineligible to participate during that sport%u2019s Contest Season and Tournament Series. Q. 4-2 What time of day of a student%u2019s birth date does a student turn a year older?A. A Nineteen (19) year-old student is considered to have turned Twenty (20) years of age at 12:01 a.m. on the student%u2019s birth date. (rule 4-1)Q. 4-3 What is considered the %u201cState Finals in a sport%u201d and when does it occur for purposes of the Age Rule?A. The %u201cState Finals in a sport%u201d means the final championship event in the sport%u2019s Tournament Series and includes all Contests and all sessions which comprise the championship event (e.g. in tennis, the State Finals championship event includes the Contests at each satellite location. (rule 4-1)Q. 4-4 When does the %u201cState Finals in a sport%u201d occur for purposes of the Age Rule?A. For purposes of the Age Rule, the %u201cState Finals in a sport%u201d occurs on the date the finals are scheduled to play, regardless of the date the Contests are actually played. (rule 4-1)Q. 4-5 Is a student who turns Twenty (20) years of age on a day of the basketball State Finals also ineligible in swimming where the State Finals occur several weeks before?Rule 4 - Age