GENERAL POLICIES
As of September 2007

1. ATHLETIC PROGRAMS: Currently the team sports of soccer, floor hockey, and softball are offered by the MSHSL under adapted athletics. Spring bowling competition is also offered. It consists of competition in singles, doubles and 4 member teams. Additional sports will be added or existing sports eliminated as determined by the MSHSL.
    
   
2. DUES AND ASSESSMENTS: The Association will assess each team a fee of $50.00 per team per division per sport. That is, if a school or cooperative has a team in each division for each sport their assessment will be $300. The assessment will be payable by the second week of October of that school year.
    
   
3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: (Refer to MSHSL Guidelines )  
    
4. HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE: All sports in this association shall operate under the rules of the Minnesota State High School League.

   A. STATE TOURNAMENT SEEDINGS: View MSHSL bracket setup.

5. ASSOCIATION MEETINGS: Meetings of the M.A.A.A. will be held on the second Wednesday of the months of September, December, March and May for 2006 - 2007. The months these meetings will be held on will be determined at the last Board meeting of the previous school year. These meetings will be held at the MSHSL Offices at 3:30pm. Games should not be scheduled on board meeting days.
    
6. NON-CONFERENCE GAMES: Conference school may schedule non-conference games provided the games do not interfere with the conference schedule or conflict with the MSHSL rules.
    
   
7. OFFICIALS: Unless notified at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled starting time, officials under contract for conference games shall be paid if the contest is forfeited. The team which caused the forfeit will pay the official(s). The Varsity Officials pay rate for 2006-2007 is $50 per game. JV Game Officials: The rate for a standard full length JV game is $50, for any partial game the rate is half ($25). JV games do not require two officials. Schools may choose to supply their own JV official.
    
   
8. SCHEDULES:

   A. Every effort will be made to establish schedules by the end of the school year of the year preceding the competition.
   
   B. No athletic contest is to be scheduled on legal holidays or regularly scheduled election dates. The game schedule should avoid the following holidays:Christmas, Easter, Good Friday, Rosh-Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Day, Passover, Memorial Day.Contact the Elections Office at (612) 296-2805 to determine election dates to avoid potential conflicts.

   C. Games must be start between 4:30pm and 6:30pm. If a team would like to play outside of this timeframe they have to mutually agree with their opponent for any other start time.
   
   D. Postponing, rescheduling or canceling scheduled conference contests:

   1. The decision to postpone and reschedule a game is the responsibility of the home school. As much advance notice as possible should be given the visiting team and assigned official(s) Postponed games will be played by mutual consent of the two teams.

   2. Contests which are not played are considered to be cancelled. Cancellation of a Conference contest will result in a forfeit for the team responsible for the cancellation.

   Rescheduling Policy 2006-07: Teams must mutually agree to game changes with their opponent and submit the change to the Officials Coordinator for approval. The Officials Coordinator reserves the right to deny game changes if they are unable to obtain officials for the new game date. Once the change is approved by the Officials Coordinator, the change must be submitted to the Web Site Coordinator to be updated on the master schedule online.

9. STANDINGS TIEBREAKERS: See Conference Standings Tiebreaker Guidelines
    
10. PLAYING TIME: It is recommended that, whenever possible, all athletes receive meaningful playing time.