Please see the CIF message about the Area Code Basketball Challenge from the CIF below. This e-mail is being sent to all CCS member school Athletic Directors and League Commissioners
Thank you. Nancy Lazenby Blaser, CCS Commissioner
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From: nocettir [mailto:rnocetti@cifstate.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:01 PM
Subject: Area Code Basketball Games
While the particular event referred to in the message below involves only Northern California Area Codes, this email was sent to all Section Commissioners as the event language referenced that Northern California was selected as the first site for this future national event.
This email pertains to an event entitled, "Area Code Basketball Challenge" that is supposed to take place at El Cerrito High School on May 22-23, 2010. The event material reads in part, "Teams are selected by identifying the best twelve (12) representative players regardless of class from an Area Code." Based on this language, it is our belief that this is an all-star competition as per 900.D.(2) and (3).
I spoke with the event organizer, Mr. Carl Foster, re: this matter. If Section Commissioners in the North would please notify your member schools that their 9-11 grade student-athletes should not participate in this event, we would appreciate it.
Thank You,Ron Nocetti, CAA, Ed.D.
Senior Director California Interscholastic Federation