MHSAA/MIAAA Rules Release

MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATORS PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE USE
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Contact: Karen Leinaar, Assistant to Executive Director
231-218-6983 phone
[email protected]
MEDIA ADVISORY – With essential rules and regulations for high school sports in the news
spotlight, the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association today issued the
following statement supporting those policies and the Michigan High School Athletic
Association, the statewide service organization which helps schools administer those rules.
Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Supports MHSAA Rules
Enforcement
In light of recent highly-publicized eligibility matters gaining attention in our state, the Michigan
Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (MIAAA) is offering its full support to the
Michigan High School Athletic Association in its continued enforcement of the rules and
regulations that schools must follow each year when the individual school’s Board of Education
votes to become a voluntary member of the MHSAA.
Each school and its designated administrator has the duty to follow and support the rules as
written. The MIAAA has a strong role in crafting MHSAA regulations which are reviewed,
updated and adopted annually by all member schools. All parts of the MHSAA transfer rule
including the Athletic Motivated Regulation are part of a body of rules which schools agree to
adopt as their own each year. The MIAAA strongly supports this rule and other rules that
discourage students from changing schools because of sports.
Athletic Administrators throughout the state and nation are entrusted to make sure they model
for the student-athletes by upholding ethical behavior, enforcing written rules, and supporting
policies and procedures agreed to in advance. It is the role of Administrators to be the
guardians of fair play, sportsmanship, level playing fields and ethical behavior. The MIAAA and
the MHSAA share these basic beliefs for all student-athletes of Michigan.
The two organizations work in concert with each other in all areas. The MIAAA has
representation on all MHSAA committees and is provided multiple opportunities to provide input
on proposed MHSAA rule and regulation changes. The MIAAA, with more than 500 members,
is an active contributor to the MHSAA annually.
The MIAAA is a voluntary professional organization for all Athletic Administrators of schools in
Michigan. The Association is a 501(c)(3) organization working to provide professional
development, leadership, and networking opportunities to any person working in school Athletic
Departments.