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48A. A member School team can travel a maximum of Six Hundred (600) miles round trip from the Indiana state line to the site of the out-of-state Contest. In addition, in order for a member School to participate in such an out-of-state Contest under the Interstate Contest/Practice Rule, rule 10, the street address of any out-of-state School participating in the out-of-state Contest must be within a Six Hundred (600) miles round trip from the Indiana state line. (rule 10-1)Q. 10-4 Is it necessary that a football game between a member School and an out-of-state School be Sanctioned by the National Federation and the IHSAA?A. No. Under the Interstate Contest/Practice Rule, rule 10, Sanctioning is not necessary for a single Contest with an out-of-state School (rule 10-10-1.1)Out-of-State ContestQ. 10-5 Can an IHSAA member School play in a basketball, baseball, soccer, softball or volleyball Tournament involving Seventeen (17) or more other schools from states all bordering Indiana?A. No, sanctioning is not available for a Tournament in the sport of basketball, baseball, soccer, softball or volleyball which involves more than Sixteen (16) Schools. (rule 10-1.3) Out-of-State PracticeQ. 10-6 Can a football team hold a Practice in an out-of-state facility?A. Yes, provided that it is not a pre-season football Practice, which must be held at the regular practice/playing football facility of the member School, and also provided that the location of the out-of-state facility is a maximum of One Hundred Twenty (120) miles round trip from the Indiana state line. (rules 10-4, 54-5)Q. 10-7 Is it a violation of the Interstate Contest/Practice Rule, rule 10, for a student to attend a Practice or workout which has been called by, planned by or authorized by a School%u2019s coach, paid or volunteer, and which is conducted at a location which is more than One Hundred Twenty (120) miles round trip from the Indiana state line, but which is executed by or conducted by parents and/or volunteers?A. Yes, that would violate both the letter of and the spirit of the Interstate Contest/Practice Rule. (rule 10-4)Q. 10-8 Is it a rule violation for a member of a School%u2019s athletic staff to attend an activity, considered to be a practice or workout, which is executed by or conducted by a parent(s) and/or a volunteer(s), and held at a facility that outside the permitted range of rule 10-4.A. Yes. Again, this is a clear violation of the spirit if the Interstate Contest/Practice Rule. (rule 10-4)SanctioningQ. 10-9 Do all international events have to be Sanctioned?A. Yes, (rule 10-1.2(a)(1)).Q. 10-10 Do international events have to pay a Sanction application processing fee?A. Yes.Q. 10-11 What if every high school in the United States is invited to participate in the Universal Runners Invitational?A. The event sponsor would have to provide to the NFHS the list of invited schools with the initial sanction application and a final list of attendees to the NFHS twenty (20) days prior to the date of the event or be subject to the late NFHS processing fee charge.Q. 10-12 What is an event sponsor/manager?A. An event sponsor/manager is a person, company, club, or school (either a high school or college/university) who is intending to conduct an athletic event in a particular state.Q. 10-13 How does an event sponsor begin applying for conducting an event?A. They must first register online at www.nfhs.org, click on %u201cResources%u201d on the top Navigation bar, click on %u201cSanctioning%u201d in the drop down menu, and fill out the NFHS online event manager application.Rule 10 - Interstate Contests and Practices