The TSSAA Board of Control met on Monday, August 14 at the TSSAA office building in Hermitage.
In their recent meeting the Board made a decision to allow a “shot clock” during summer camps this summer and then survey the teams to get feedback.
The results of the survey taken by schools that utilized the shot clock at summer camp in basketball were provided to the Board. No information was given about the comments given from teams or who did or didn’t favor a high school shot clock.
The Board voted to not implement a shot clock in basketball and that it would not entertain further discussion on the subject for at least the next three years.
Back in May the board announced a basketball rule change pertaining to fouls.
One rule pretains to free throws. Teams will shoot 2 free throws for common fouls when in a “bonus” situation. The Rule 4-8-1 takes away the one-and-one scenario. It will also set new foul limitations for each quarter in awarding the bonus. free throw.
The “bonus” will now occur when each team reaches “five’ fouls and no longer seven per quarter and resets in each upcoming quarter. Previously, teams were awarded the one-and-one bonus when their opponents committed seven fouls in a half and two foul shots when 10 fouls were committed each half.
Rules changes were approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Basketball Rules Committee at its annual meeting April 24-26 in Indianapolis. The recommendations were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
In other action taken on Monday the Board accepted Pleasant View School, Monroe County Virtual School, and Perry County Virtual School as members for the 2023-24 school year.
Athletic directors of Middle Region Division II-AA schools submitted a proposal to the Board due to the late addition of the Webb School of Bell Buckle girls’ basketball to the region, requesting to add one additional game above the 24 games that they are allowed to play in regular season girls’ basketball. The Board voted to approve an additional game for teams in the Middle Region for one year.
A second proposal submitted by Division II-AA athletic directors was to expand from an 11-team postseason for girls’ basketball to a 12-team bracket. Currently 60% of the teams in East and West qualify (3 out of 5), and only 4 out of 8 from Middle. With the addition of a Middle Region team, the request was made to bring 6 out of 9 in Middle to give each region 60% qualifying. The Board approved the adoption of a 12-team bracket and to allow the state office staff to publish an updated bracket based on feedback from the schools.
In other business, the Board reviewed and approved the financial reports for the sports of baseball, softball, soccer, track & field, and tennis and reviewed the audited financial statements from 2022-23. The proposed budget for the 2023-24 school year was approved as well.
https://cms-files.tssaa.org/documents/tssaa/2021-22/board-of-control/BOC-8-23-Summary.pdf