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Rule 10 - Interstate Contests and Practices

Q. 10-3 What is the maximum distance a member School team can travel to attend an
out-of-state Contest?
A. 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 Contest must be against
a school that is a member of a state athletic association; and the event must be
sanctioned as needed by the IHSAA through the NFHS sanctioning process.
(rule 10-1, 10-1.1, 10-1.3, 10-1.4)
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 10-1.3)
Out-of-State Contest
Q. 10-5 Can an 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 Practice
Q. 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’s 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’s 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)
Sanctioning
Q. 10-9 Do all international events have to be Sanctioned?
A. Yes, (rule 10-1.4(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 “Resources” on the top
Navigation bar, click on “Sanctioning” in the drop down menu, and fill out the
NFHS online event manager application.

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