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Rule 3 - Administrative Responsibility

A. No, the supervision requirement is the same for Individual Sport entrants as for
Team Sport Entrants. (rule 3-4)
Certification of Eligibility
Q. 3-10 Who is responsible for certifying that a student athlete is eligible for interscholastic
athletics?
A. A student’s principal has the responsibility to certify the eligibility of all students at

the School, for maintaining suffi cient records to verify each student’s compliance
with all eligibility rules and, upon the request of a fellow member School principal,
or upon a request from the IHSAA, to provide written certifi cation of a student’s
eligibility. (rule 3-8)
Q. 3-11 When the eligibility of a student is in question, what procedure should be followed?
A. The student should not be permitted to participate until the student’s principal has
made a determination of eligibility in conjunction with the IHSAA, if appropriate.
(rule 3-8)
Crowd Control
Q. 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’s
students and fans. (rule 3-6)
Q. 3-13 What steps must a School take when a fan of the School’s 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’s 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’s seating be restricted to
certain locations at the venue.
More Restrictive School rules
Q.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’s rules do not violate or confl ict with the IHSAA rules. (rule 3-5).

RULE 4 – AGE
4-1 Maximum Age of Student Athletes
A 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 for interschool athletic competition in that sport.
Q & A
Age rule - Generally
Q. 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’s Contest Season and
Tournament Series.
Q. 4-2 What time of day of a student’s 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’s birth date. (rule 4-1)
Q. 4-3 What is considered the “State Finals in a sport” and when does it occur for
purposes of the Age Rule?
A. The “State Finals in a sport” means the final championship event in the sport’s
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