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Rule 15 - Participation

c. See definitions of Summer Open Facility Program, Conditioning Program and Summer
for beginning and ending times. The foregoing notwithstanding, Summer Conditioning
Programs may extend through Saturday of Week 4.
d. Students may participate in non-school sponsored Camps/Clinics provided the following
standards are met.
(1.) Attendance is limited to non-school time.
(2.) Fees, if charged, must be provided solely by the student, parent or Guardian except
for underprivileged students. No School or athletic funds shall be used for such.
(3.) No School-owned uniforms (jerseys, shirts, shorts, pants, etc.) shall be worn by the
student.
(4.) Merchandise and awards, other than those of symbolic value, may NOT be accepted
for athletic proficiency. Student must remain an amateur.
(5.) Length of attendance is unlimited.
(6.) 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.
15-2.6 Competition Days
a. all sports teams, with the exception of football, may participate in up to Ten (10)
Competition Days (a day when a School’s coaching staff takes Two (2) or more players
from a School’s team to either participate with or compete against One (1) or more
players from another member School or Non-School Team). See rule 15-2.7 regarding
football.
b. Prior to the first day of Summer, a School’s coaching staff must designate to the
School’s principal or athletic director the specific Competition Days in which the School’s
team plans to participate.
15-2.7 Football
A School, and players from the School’s football program, may participate in Football
Activities (participation in any football related activities while wearing helmets or shoulder
pads) under the following standards:
a. Students may not participate in any Full Contact Football Activities (any intentional football
activity by a player where the goal is to take One (1) or more competing players to the
ground as the result of a collision) during the Summer.
b. Schools may sponsor up to Twelve (12) Football Activity Days (a day when a School’s
football coaching staff coaches Two (2) or more players from the School’s football team
engaged in Football Activities) during the Summer.
c. A School’s Football Activity Days may include up to Five (5) Football Competition Days (a
day when a School’s football coaching staff takes Two (2) or more players from a School’s
football team to either participate with or compete against One (1) or more players from
another School or Non-School Team). The maximum time for a School’s Football Activity
Day held at a member-School facility will be Three and one-half (3 1/2) hours of activity
over a Five (5) hour period.
d. A student’s football equipment during Summer Football Activities is limited to a helmet,
shoes, shoulder pads, a girdle and a mouth piece.
e. A student may engage in no more than One (1) session of Football Activities during a
Football Activity Day and the maximum time of the session is Two (2) hours.
f. Prior to the first day of Summer, a School’s football coaching staff must designate to the
School’s principal or athletic director the specific Football Activity Days and the Football
Competition Days in which the football program plans to participate.

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