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Rule 15 - Participation

(4.) Length of attendance is unlimited.
(5.) Seniors or graduates who plan to attend should check with appropriate college rules
and regulations regarding recruiting before participating.
e. For all School sponsored Camps/Clinics, attendance must be terminated prior to Monday,
Week 5.
f. Each member School shall observe a moratorium week starting on Monday of the
Corresponding Week which includes July 4th. During this Seven (7) day moratorium
week there shall be no contact between athletes and coaches, and no athletic activities,
including conditioning, conducted. Note: All Corresponding Weeks begin on Monday.
15-2 Team Sports (Baseball, Basketball, Flag Football, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer,
Softball, Volleyball)
15-2.1 During Authorized Contest Season
a. Participation by a student in any organized non-school sports competition during the
Authorized Contest Season, or at any time prior to the conclusion of the student’s
participation in the IHSAA Tournament Series, in that sport shall cause such students to
become ineligible for their School team in that sport for a period not to exceed Three-
hundred Sixty-fi ve (365) days as determined by the Commissioner.
b. Student-athletes may receive a Lesson [Note: one-on-one instruction; See, Defi nitions]
so long as:
(1.) it is not mandated, scheduled or paid for by the School;
(2.) no School Practices or competitions are missed; and
(3.) no member of the School’s coaching staff who provides a Lesson is compensated
for the Lesson beyond the compensation the coach earns from the School.
c. Participation of students in an organized athletic competition with or against athletes
not belonging to their School constitutes a game. An organized “scrimmage” or Practice
with or against athletes not belonging to their School is considered a game.
d. Students who participate in an interschool Contest when ineligible other than in
scholarship, too many events or similar oversights, become ineligible only in that sport
for a time period not to exceed Three-hundred Sixty-fi ve (365) days to be determined
by the Commissioner or his/her designee. When facts are purposely withheld or
misrepresented, students become ineligible in all sports for the remainder of the
semester and all of their next semester in School unless the School takes appropriate
action as determined by the Commissioner.
e. Coaches of grades 9-12 may not coach organized non-school sports competition during
the Authorized Contest Season in that sport in grades 9-12.
f. Students may not participate in try-outs or demonstrations of athletic ability as a
prospective college student-athlete.
g. Students may not participate in athletic activities, tryouts, auditions, practices and
games held or sponsored by non-professional athletic organizations, clubs, or their
representatives during the Contest Season.
h. An ineligible student may Practice with the team, but only at home in regular Practices.
The ineligible student may not appear in an athletic uniform at an interschool Contest.
i. Students may not attend a Non-School Sponsored Camp/Clinic. Note: Refer to rule 15-
2.5d for date when participation in School sponsored Summer Camps/Clinics must be
terminated.
j. Students may participate for demonstration purposes in Camps/Clinics held only within
the State of Indiana when their coach is a presenter. Such is considered a Practice.
k. Students may attend all Camp/Clinics other than student Camps/Clinics as observers.
15-2.2 During School Year Out-of-Season
a. Students may participate in Team Sport Practice and Contests as members of a Non-School
Team provided no more than the following number of students, (i) who have participated in
a Contest the previous season as a member of One (1) of their School teams in that sport

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