2010 Annual Questionnaire Results
1. Voted on by all member senior high schools participating in
Track and Field:
Would you favor
changing the advancement and seeding procedures for the finals of the
applicable running events at the State Track and Field Championships to the
first place finisher of each of the two preliminary heats and the next six
fastest times starting in 2010-11?
YES - 237 NO - 44
2. Voted on by all member schools:
(Part 1)
Would you support
employing ONLY MSHSAA registered officials at the VARSITY level for all sports
in which MSHSAA registers officials? YES - 345
NO - 22
3. Voted on by all member schools:
(Part 2)
Should the minimum
number of officials outlined in each sport’s NFHS rulebook be required for the
SUB-VARSITY level?
YES - 228 NO - 139
4. Voted on by all member schools:
(Part 3)
Should the minimum
number of officials outlined in each sport’s NFHS rulebook be required for the
JUNIOR HIGH level?
YES - 208 NO - 159
5. Voted on by all member schools:
(Part 4)
For the SUB-VARSITY level for all sports in
which MSHSAA registers officials, would you support:
241 - A] employing ONLY MSHSAA registered
officials
126 - B] employing at least ONE MSHSAA registered
official
6. Voted on by all member schools:
(Part 5)
For the JUNIOR HIGH
level for all sports in which MSHSAA registers officials, would you support:
205 - A] employing ONLY MSHSAA registered
officials
162 - B] employing at least ONE MSHSAA registered
official
7. Voted on by all member schools:
(Part 1)
Would you favor
allowing a student vs. faculty game to be held during the interscholastic sport
season?
YES - 157 NO - 210
8. Voted on by all member schools:
(Part 2)
Would you favor
allowing a student vs. faculty game to be held outside the interscholastic
sport season?
YES - 308 NO - 59
9. Voted on by all member schools:
(Part 3)
Should a student vs.
faculty game be co-ed or gender-specific?
260 - A] Co-Ed
107 - B] Gender-Specific
10. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 4)
Should such contests be limited to one per
sport per year?
YES - 264 NO - 103
11. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 5)
Should such a contest
be required to be held at the school?
YES - 259 NO - 108
12. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 6)
Should football be
excluded from consideration?
YES - 310 NO - 57
13. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 7)
If held outside of the interscholastic sport
season, would the lack of conditioning/practice days prior to the contest be a
concern to you?
YES - 97 NO - 270
14. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 8)
If held during the
season, should the game count as one of the school’s allowable contests in the
activity concerned?
YES - 75 NO - 292
15. Voted on by all member senior high schools:
Would you favor amending the academic
standard to allow students more flexibility in meeting the 80% rule, as
described in the example above?
YES - 249 NO - 88
16. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 1)
Would you favor allowing a student to
represent the school OFFICIALLY (wearing school uniform or named clothing) and
endorse or promote a product/service, etc., AS LONG AS the student is not
receiving pay/services (as are already restricted in the Amateurism Standards)?
YES - 157 NO - 210
17. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 2)
Would you favor allowing a student to
represent the school UNOFFICIALLY (school name/mascot/colors NOT used) and
endorse or promote a product/service, etc., AS LONG AS the student is not
receiving pay/services (as are already restricted in the Amateurism Standards)?
YES - 156 NO - 210
18. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 3)
Would you favor an addition to the MSHSAA
By-Laws to restrict students who participate in interscholastic activities from
representing the school (appearing in school uniform or named clothing) and
endorsing or promoting products, even when not being paid?
YES - 178 NO - 188
19. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 1)
Should activities
(music, speech, academic competition, spirit) be allowed to select a different
week than athletics for their dead period?
YES - 233 NO - 133
20. Voted on by all member schools: (Part 2)
Should bona fide
credit-bearing summer school courses taught by certified teachers in their
curricular areas (well-rounded physical education courses excluding singular
sport-specific classes, music, speech) be exempt from the ‘use of school
facilities’ restriction if held during the dead period?
YES - 282 NO - 84
21. Voted on by all member schools:
Would you support
MSHSAA withholding “approved” status for coaching interscholastically for a
period not to exceed 365 days if it is determined that the coach has knowingly,
aggregiously, or intentionally violated the MSHSAA by-laws?
YES - 304 NO - 62
22. Voted on by all member senior high schools:
Should the 1.35 multiplier
be applied to any school that has the ability to limit its enrollment through
selectivity and/or is exempt from Missouri
School Improvement
Program (MSIP) guidelines?
YES - 312 NO - 24
23. Voted on by all
member junior high schools: (Part 1)
Should a junior high
cooperative sponsorship be allowed between a member school and an affiliate
registered school (ARS) if both schools in the coop are required to follow all
MSHSAA by-laws and regulations (as the member school is already required to
do)?
YES - 171 NO - 48
24. Voted on by all member junior high schools: (Part 2)
Should there be a
restriction on the number of AR schools that are allowed to co-op with a member
school?
YES - 160 NO - 59
25. Voted on by all member schools registered for
11-Man Football or 8-Man Football: (Part
1)
Should there be
restrictions on the type and manner of school-directed football activity that
takes place in the summer to increase player safety and attempt to reduce school
exposure to injury claims?
YES - 215 NO - 30
26. Voted on by all member schools registered for
11-Man Football or 8-Man Football: (Part
2)
Should all football
contact during the summer be limited to half-shell except for when attending a
non-school sponsored full-contact football camp when accompanied by school
coaches, where full pads would be allowable?
YES - 206 NO - 39
27. Voted on by all member schools registered for
11-Man Football or 8-Man Football: (Part
3)
Is the current
exception that allows teams to take school-owned football equipment to
non-school sponsored full-contact camps when accompanied by school coaches still
desired and appropriate?
YES - 230 NO - 15
28. Voted on by all member schools registered for
11-Man Football or 8-Man Football: (Part
4)
Should member schools
be allowed to host full-contact camps and/or competition during the summer on
their fields or in their facilities?
YES - 120 NO - 125
29. Voted on by all
member schools registered for 11-Man Football or 8-Man Football: (Part 5)
Would you support
allowing 8 of the 25 football contact days to be full-contact days with full
pads (3 days of acclimation would be required prior to any full-contact days)?
YES - 118 NO - 127
30. Voted on by all
member schools:
If allowing
full-contact activities in football during the summer increases MSHSAA’s
catastrophic insurance costs for all members, would you support allowing
full-contact activities?
YES - 113 NO - 252
31. Voted on by all
member schools:
Should there be another
exception added to By-Law 238 to allow students from families of “Mission
Essential” military personnel who are required to live on base to have a
one-time transfer away from their school of residency and to any neighboring
school when first arriving on base?
YES - 333 NO - 32
32. Voted on by all
member schools:
Would you support
amending the MSHSAA by-laws to require each activity to attain a participation
level of at least 50 schools representing at least three of the eight Board
Districts within a period of five years, at which time “unsuccessful”
activities would be removed from MSHSAA oversight and become “club” activities
once again?
YES - 304 NO - 61
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