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2007-08 TSSAA SPORTS CALENDAR
Effective starting July 30, 2007

The following changes will be made to the TSSAA Sports Calendar, effective starting July 30, 2007:

  1. For fall and winter sports, a limit of 15 days of practice in the summer.

  2. The adding of six weeks of dead period during the school year for all sports except football, which adds three weeks.

  3. Reduction in the number of contests for all sports except football, soccer, and girls' volleyball.

  4. Elimination of spring practice in basketball.

  5. Elimination of open facilities in spring sports until January 1.

  6. Set a limit of preseason scrimmages in all sports (4 scrimmages or 2 scrimmage dates or 1 date and 2 scrimmages).

  7. Added a 50% rule that applies to basketball, baseball, and softball prior to the season beginning and during the school year. Participation (includes practice) during the school year on a non-school team prior to the season by students that will play the following season on the high school team is limited to 50% of the number of players required to play the game (i.e., 3 in basketball, 5 in baseball and girls' softball).

  8. Added: All athletic practice during the regular school hours of any school day shall conform to the same rules, regulations, and seasons as corresponding athletic practice outside the school day.

  9. Have added three weeks in the summer to basketball and wrestling when no open facilities are permitted.

Maximum Number of Contests for Each Sport
Effective 2007-08 School Year

Sport Maximum Number of Contests
Football 10 Games
Golf 14 Dates
Girls' Volleyball 35 Matches, 4 Tournaments
Each Tournament Counts as 3 Matches
Cross Country 11 Dates
Girls' Soccer 16 Matches, 2 Tournaments
Each Tournament Counts as 2 Matches
Basketball 24 Games, 2 Tournaments
Each Tournament Counts as 2 Games
Wrestling 18 Dates, 4 Tournaments (Individual)
Baseball 30 Games, 4 Tournaments
Each Tournament Counts as 3 Games
Girls' Softball 34 Games, 5 Tournaments
Each Tournament Counts as 4 Games
Soccer 16 Matches, 2 Tournaments
Each Tournament Counts as 2 Matches
Track & Field 11 Dates (Each Meet Counts as 1 Date)
Tennis 16 Matches, Each Tournament Counts as 2 Matches

For further explanation of how these changes will effect a particular sport, click on a sport listed below.
NOTE: All files are in PDF Format.

ATTENTION!!!
ON MARCH 20TH, CHANGES WERE MADE IN BASEBALL, GIRLS' SOFTBALL, TRACK, TENNIS, AND SOCCER.

Football ¦ Golf ¦ Girls' Soccer ¦ Girls' Volleyball ¦ Cross Country

Basketball ¦ Wrestling

Baseball ¦ Girls' Softball ¦ Track ¦ Tennis ¦ Soccer

Click here to see how these changes affect the TMSAA Sports Calendar.