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Rule 15 - Participation

player (rules 15-1.3, 15-2.3; Definitions: Conditioning Program), no similar activities
are permitted at a Conditioning session during the Summer.
Q.15-54 What is the Summer Camp/Clinic cut-off rule and when is the last date a student
can participate in a Camp/Clinic during the Summer.
A. The Summer Camp/Clinic cut-off rule applies to School-sponsored Camps/Clinics,
and participation in a School-sponsored Camps/Clinics must be terminated prior to
Monday, Week 5, under rules 15-1.5(e), 15-2.5(e). There is not a Summer Camp/
Clinic cut-off rule for Non-School sponsored Camps/Clinics, although for fall sport
athletes, participation in a non-School-sponsored Camps/Clinics must terminate
prior to Monday of week 7. For winter and spring sport athletes, participation in non-
School-sponsored Camps/Clinics may continue into the new School Year, however
attendance must be limited to non-school time. Verified Olympic development
Camps/Clinics are exempt from this rule.
Q. 15-55 What is a Summer Open Facility Program?
A. A Summer Open Facility Program is a voluntary program in which use of a member
School’s gymnasiums, playing fields or other school facilities is limited to students
who attend the School, to students who attend a Feeder School of the School, to
incoming 9th grade students from non-Feeder Schools who have Enrolled at the
School, and to transfer students who have Enrolled at the School and who have
completed and submitted to the IHSAA the first section of the IHSAA Transfer Report.
(rules 15-1.5(b), 15-2.5(b), Definitions – Summer Open Facility Program.)
Q. 15-56 Can a School have a Summer Open Facility session “off-campus”, or at a location
which is not owned by or officially controlled by the School?
A. No, like a Limited Contact Program, a Summer Open Facility Program must be
conducted on campus or at a site where home Contests are regularly held. For
example, a School cannot conduct an Summer Open Facility session at the local
batting cage for its students wishing to work on their baseball skills, but could hold
Summer Open Facility session at a municipal field if that is where the School regularly
held its home Contests.
Q. 15-57 May a student from one School participate in a Summer Open Facility session at
another School. For example, is a softball player from one School permitted to go
to another School’s Summer Open Facility and participate in softball?
A. No, the only students who may participate at a School’s Summer Open Facility
session are students who attend the School, students who attend a Feeder School
of the School, incoming 9th grade students from non-Feeder Schools who have
Enrolled at the School, and transfer students who have Enrolled at the School and
who have completed and submitted to the IHSAA an IHSAA Transfer Report. (rules
15-1.5(b), 15-2.5(b), Defi nition- Summer Open Facility Program)
RULE 16 – PROTESTS
16-1 Protests During Season Contests
When an administrative decision is protested, the use of a contestant or the use of an official
is protested in a Season Contest, the Contest shall be played as scheduled and a formal
protest, with evidence, may then be filed with the Commissioner who will determine the action
to be taken.
16-2 Contest Official’s Decisions are Final
Contest decisions by game officials are considered final and binding.
16-3 Student Ineligibility Because of Administrative Error
If a student meets all of the standards of the eligibility rules, but is ineligible due to an
administrative error, such as the failure to be listed on an entry list, etc., the same procedure
as outlined in rule 3-9 applies. However, if the student’s ineligibility is for or during the IHSAA
Tournament Series, the member School, may seek a waiver of the disqualification and the
penalties to be assessed by affirmatively showing that the ineligibility was in no way the result
of the acts or omissions of the student, that the incident was not intentional, that facts were

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