The NMAA has a Board of Directors meeting scheduled this week. One of the action items is approval of the 2020-2021 Sports Calendar. What is the latest proposal? What's moving or changing?
As we discussed last week, a January 4th start date may be unrealistic. I do have an email up to the governor's office to discuss the January 4th start date, but we need to be proactive. So, we need to send a new calendar to the Board of Directors on Wednesday to see if we need to shift the start date back and begin in February. There are different options and I'll be meeting with the coaches and athletic directors in the next couple days before the Board meeting to make a decision as to what calendar we are going to send to the Board of Directors on Wednesday.
Another action item on the agenda is a COVID addendum with a cumulative provision for freshman. Can you explain to students and parents and coaches what that means?
Every single student-athlete must have a 2.0 grade point average and no Fs. However, at the semester you may use the cumulative provision. Our current bylaws allow the sophomores through seniors to be able to use the cumulative provision if they have one F. What that means is that if a student has one F they can go to the cumulative provision and if they have a 2.0 grade point average then they would be eligible. Because freshmen do not have a cumulative GPA at this time, we have allowed freshmen to also use that bylaw. So, if a freshman does not have a 2.0 GPA and no Fs, then if they have one F they can go ahead and look at that one semester and if they are above a 2.0 GPA they will be eligible. Once again, freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors need a 2.0 GPA and no Fs, and if they have one F you can look at the cumulative provision and if they have a 2.0 GPA they would be eligible the next semester.
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