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Rule 10 - Interstate Contests and Practices

Q & A
Team Travel - Generally
Q. 10-1 Can a Member School participate in a single Contest, in Indiana, with a School
from another state?
A. Yes, under the Interstate Contest/Practice Rule a member School can participate
in a single Contest with a School from another state, provided the out-of-state
School is currently a member of the local state high school athletic association, the
out-of-state School has not been expelled or suspended from such membership,
the out-of-state School has not been suspended from participation in the sport
by the local state high school athletic association and provided further that the
location of the site of the Contest are not greater than Six Hundred (600) miles,
round trip, from the Indiana state line. (rules 9-15, 10-1, 10-1.2).
Q. 10-2 May a Member School play in a basketball, baseball, soccer, softball or volleyball
tournament in Kansas?
A. No, the Contest in Kansas is more than Six -hundred (600) miles round trip from
the Indiana state line. (rules 10-1, 10-1.1)
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, flag football, lacrosse,
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, flag football, lacrosse, 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 Six Hundred
(600) 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 Six Hundred (600) 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)

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