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1. SCHEDULED MEETINGS |
| A. Seeding: SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 14, 2010, 9:00 AM, @ CCS Office |
B.
Participants: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
16, 2010, @ Sites & Times - TBA
(Pre-Tournament meeting for Principals,
Coaches and
Activities Directors of participating schools) |
| C. Evaluation: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
8, 2010, 7:00 PM, @ CCS Office |
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Section
2. TOURNAMENT DATES |
| The 2010 CCS Football
Play-offs will be held as follows: |
| 1st Round: Friday / Saturday, NOVEMBER 19/20,2010 |
| Semi-Finals: Friday / Saturday, NOVEMBER 26/27, 2010 |
| Finals: Friday / Saturday,
DECEMBER 03/04,
2010 |
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| Section
3. TOURNAMENT FORMAT |
| A. |
40 teams will be
divided into five (5) eight-team Divisions as follows: Open; Divisions I,
II, III, and IV. |
| B. |
Division placement will occur as
follows: |
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1. |
"Open"
Division: |
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- All
schools wishing to play in the "Open" Division shall
submit a completed Division Declaration Form (DIVISION
DECLARATION FORM - Football) on or before the Monday following Week 8 games of the
current school year. After legally submitting its Division Declaration
Form, a school may not then rescind its declaration at a later date.
- If less than
eight (8) qualifying teams opt to play in the "Open" Division, the
bracket will be filled with the appropriate number of other qualifying teams (from "A"
Leagues only), utilizing, in order,
the
respective amount of points achieved by those teams.
- If more than
eight (8) teams opt to play in the "Open" Division, the qualifying teams with the
eight (8) highest points will remain in the "Open" Division, and the
other teams
will be placed in the Divisions I, II, III, and IV, as
determined by their respective enrollments.
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2. |
Divisions I, II,
III, IV: |
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Once the eight (8) "Open" Division teams
have been determined, the
remaining qualifying teams will be placed in Divisions I, II, III, and IV, as determined by order of enrollment
(largest to smallest), utilizing the previous school year's Grade 9-12 CBEDS enrollment figures. |
| C. |
Play will be conducted in three (3)
single-elimination rounds in each Division. |
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| Section 4. QUALIFYING
CRITERIA FOR ENTERING TOURNAMENT |
| A. |
Automatic
Qualifiers: Each
Division/League is allocated two [2]
Automatic Qualifiers. League Champions, other Automatic Qualifiers and selected At-Large entries
are eligible to enter the Tournament. |
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1. |
All Automatic Qualifiers shall
be presented for entry by their League in the order of their League
finish, as determined by League play and League tie-breaking policies. Seeding
will be done by CCS points without regard to league finish or league
tie-breaking procedures for shared championships - except as noted in the
open division. |
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2. |
Leagues choosing to remove an Automatic
Qualifier from consideration may replace that entry with the next lower
finishing team. However, the team that is removed shall not be
considered in any capacity (as an At-Large entry or as another Automatic
Qualifier spot) for entry into the Tournament. |
| B. |
Supplemental
Leagues: When two [2] or more basic Leagues join together to form
supplemental Leagues, the following shall apply: |
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When two [2] (or more) supplemental Leagues are formed, and each of the two
[2] (or more) previous Leagues each had two [2] Automatic Qualifiers to CCS Play-offs, the
new supplemental Leagues shall retain the total of their previous Automatic Qualifiers
(e.g., League A and B each have two [2] Automatic Qualifiers. When the
new supplemental Leagues
are formed combining A and B, they will have a total of four [4] Automatic
Qualifiers). |
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2. |
The League Board of Managers having governance authority over the
supplemental Leagues shall determine in its bylaws how those Automatic Qualifiers will be allocated
from the supplemental Leagues. In the absence of a basic League having a tournament
to determine the Section qualifiers, they MUST allocate one [1] automatic berth to
each of the supplemental League Champions. |
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Season Summary Forms Required: All teams, including League Champions,
other Automatic Qualifiers and At-Large applicants, MUST submit a Season Summary Form to the CCS office before the beginning of the Seeding meeting.
(SEASON SUMMARY
FORM/AT-LARGE SEEDING FORM - FOOTBALL) |
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At-Large Teams: |
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1. |
Each League (BASIC and SUPPLEMENTAL) may designate teams, in
rank order, for At-Large consideration, in accordance with its respective League bylaws. |
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2. |
The Board of Managers having governance over the supplemental
Leagues shall determine in its bylaws how those At-Large teams will be allocated from the
supplemental Leagues. |
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| Section 5. AT-LARGE AND SEEDING
PROCEDURES |
| The following objective criteria will be used for purposes of
At-Large selection and Seeding: |
| A. |
Point System - Compute the
following results: |
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- Multiply the number of wins by 2.
- Multiply the number of ties by 1.
- Multiply the number of games against
"A" League teams by 1.
- Multiply the number of games against
"B" League teams by 0.5.
- Multiply the number of games against a League Champion by 1*.
- Award 2.5* points for being an
"A" League Champion.
- Award 2.0* points for being a
"B" League Champion.
- Award 1.5* points for being a "C" League Champion.
* These bonus points are pro-rated in the case of
shared-Championship. |
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| B. |
League Classification - see Attachment 'A' for procedure to determine League
Classification
(Click here for schools listed in their
League classification for Football) |
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1. |
"A" Leagues (those with a "League
Classification Index" of 1.800 & above):
BVAL-MHAL; PAL-BAY; PAL-OCEAN; SCVAL-DAL; TCAL; WCAL |
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2. |
"B" Leagues (those with a "League
Classification Index" below 1.800, but not below 1.500): BVAL-STAL;
BVAL-WVAL; MBL; MTAL; SCCAL. |
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3. |
"C" Leagues (those with a "League
Classification Index" below 1.500): PAL-LAKE: SCVAL-EL CAMINO |
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4. |
"Independent" schools within the Central Coast Section and opponents from outside the Central Coast Section will be classified as
follows: "A" if they have 7 or more wins during
the regular season; "B" if they have 4 - 6 wins during the regular season; "C" if they have
less than 4 wins during the regular season. |
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| C. |
Teams playing a less-than-10-game schedule will
adjust their point total as follows: |
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1. |
Determine the team's winning percentage for the season; |
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2. |
Add
the classification game points for a win; divide by the # of games; then subtract 0.5; |
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3. |
Multiply
the winning percentage by the multiplier determined in C.-2. above; |
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4. |
Add that
figure to the game point total;
EXAMPLE:
- Team X has 7 wins and 2 losses for the season, thus winning percentage is 7/9 = .778;
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Team
X plays: 2 "A"-League teams (2 x 3 = 6); 6 "B"-League teams (6 x
2.5 = 15); and
1 "C"-League team (1 x 2 = 2);
- Add 6 + 15 + 2 = 23; divide by 9 = 2.556; subtract 0.5 = 2.056; multiply by .778 = 1.60;
- Add 1.60 to the game-point total. |
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5. |
The resulting figure will be used for At-Large selection and
seeding. |
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6. |
If a tie exists for a team then
it will be counted as one-half of a win in the team's total victories. |
| D. |
BREAKING TIES |
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1. |
If two (2) or more teams are tied with the same number of points, after using the
above point-system, head-to-head competition between all the tied teams, if any, will determine At-Large selection
and/or seeding. (In the event that head-to-head competition between the involved
teams during the regular season resulted in a tie score at the end of regulation play,
and the respective teams then played a tie-breaker, the results of that tie-breaker will
be used to determine head-to-head competition between those respective teams.) |
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2. |
When only two (2) teams are
involved in the tie, in the absence
of head-to-head competition, or if the two teams are still tied after considering
head-to-head competition (as stipulated in Section
5.-D.-1. above), a coin flip will determine At-Large
selection and/or seeding. |
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3. |
In determining At-Large selection when more than two (2) teams are
tied with the same number of points, if no complete head-to-head competition
exists among the tied teams, then results of competition, involving all tied teams, with common
opponents will determine selection. If, after consideration of competition with common opponents, the
teams are still tied, then a blind draw will be used to determine the At-Large selection. |
| E. |
SEEDING
PROCEDURES
1.
“Open” Division |
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a. |
When there are four [4] or more League
Champions in the bracket: |
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(1) |
The four [4] League
Champions with the most power-points (as determined in Sections A, B, C
and D above) will be the top four [4]seeds, in the order of their
respective power-points, and those four will host a first-round
game. However, no league can have more than one league champion in
consideration for the top four seeds and hosting of such first-round
contests. When shared champions from the same league are included in the
Open Division, their respective league tie-braking procedures will
determine which of those shared champions shall be a top four seed
in the Open Division and host a first-round game. League
tie-breaking procedures shall be applied by the league prior to the
seeding meeting so that league representatives shall come to the meeting
prepared to indicate which shared-champion will be considered for a top
four seed and hosting privileges ; |
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(2) |
The remaining teams,
including any additional League Champions, will begin to be seeded into
the bracket, in order of their respective power-points; |
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(3) |
As the seeding progresses
for the remaining teams, any match-ups that result in league mates
meeting in the first round, will cause the league-mate(s) of the
top four [4] seeds to be moved to the next lower seeding position within
the bracket, until such first-round match-up(s) is avoided; In this
process it may be necessary to move one more of these remaining teams
“up” to a higher seeded position, within the restrictions of #4
immediately below. |
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(4) |
If the number of
league-mates is so great that it is impossible to protect all from
match-ups in the first round, the priority for protection will be done
by seeding position (i.e. the highest seeded League-mate will be
protected from meeting a league mate in the first round first, with the
second-highest league-mate being protected from a meeting a league mate
second, etc. whenever possible. |
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(5) |
The top four [4] seeds shall
not be moved in this process and will maintain their
higher-seed-first-round-home-game hosting status. |
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b. |
When there are less than four [4] League Champions in the bracket: |
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All teams will be seeded in
order of their respective power-points (as determined in Sections A, B,
C and D above), with the exception that all League Champions must be
positioned within the top four [4] seeds, in order of their respective
power-points; |
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(2) |
The remaining teams will
begin to be seeded into the bracket, in order of their respective
power-points; |
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(3) |
As the seeding progresses
for the remaining teams, any match-ups that result in league mates
meeting in the first round, will cause the league-mate(s) of the top
four [4] seeds to be moved to the next lower seeding position within the
bracket, until such first-roundmatch-up(s) is avoided; In this
process it may be necessary to move one more of these remaining teams
“up” to a higher seededposition, within the restrictions of #4
immediately below. |
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(4) |
If the number of
league-mates is so great that it is impossible to protect all from
match-ups in the First round, the priority for protection will be done
by seeding position (i.e. the highest seeded league-mate will be
protected from meeting a league mate in the first round first, with the
second highest league-mate being protected from a meeting a league mate
second, etc.) whenever possible. |
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(5) |
The top four (4) seeds shall
not be moved in this process and will maintain their
higher-seed-first-round home-game hosting status. |
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2. All
Other Divisions |
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a. |
All
teams will be seeded in the order of their respective power-points. |
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b. |
After the seeding process has been completed, the Seeding Committee will
examine the results, and if, by "pure" seeding, League-mates are
scheduled to meet in the first round, the following will occur: |
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(1) |
The lower-seeded League-mate
shall move down one [1] seed if possible (i.e., #4 seed vs. #5 seed and
are League-mates >> #5 seed would become #6 seed, if possible).
Teams may only be moved one [1] seeding position. |
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(2) |
If, by the natural seeding
process, the #1 seed and the #8 seed are League-mates, the #8 seed will
become the #7 seed, and the #7 seed will become the #8 seed. Teams
may only be movedone [1] seeding position. |
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SECTION
6. SITES
The CCS Commissioner and/or staff shall be
responsible for all contracts for sites used during the CCS Play-offs. The
CCS Commissioner and/or staff have sole authority to schedule or cancel
sites, as well as full discretion as to the assignment or re-assignment of
teams to times and sites throughout the CCS Play-offs. The CCS Commissioner
and/or staff have the final authority in any disputes over sites or times of
play, and the decision of the CCS Commissioner is not subject to appeal, due
to the immediacy of running the Tournament for the good of the whole.
Neutral sites are not a policy of the CCS and should not be expected in any
rounds of play. Sites will be assigned by the CCS for the good of the
Tournament. |
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Section
7. FILMING
Filming games for the purposes of scouting is ALLOWED DURING ALL PLAY-OFF ROUNDS. |
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| Section
9.
RULES |
| The 2010 National Federation Football rules will apply in all games, except
as superseded by CCS Policies, as
follows: |
| A. |
The "10-yard-line overtime procedure," as
recommended in the NFHS Rule Book, will be used
in all rounds of the Section
Play-offs. |
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| Section
10.
OFFICIALS |
| The CCS Commissioner will contract with local
accredited Associations for game officials used during the Tournament. Split crews will not be used.
Generally, assignments for all contests shall come from the higher-seeded teams' local
Officials Association. |
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| Section
12. HOME TEAM |
| A. |
The "HOME TEAM" in each
game is the HIGHEST SEEDED team of that contest. |
| B. |
The "HOME TEAM" bench shall be the bench
located on the press-box side of the field. |
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| Section 13.
UNIFORMS |
| A. |
"HOME TEAM" shall wear
colored jerseys. |
| B. |
"VISITING TEAM" shall wear its light-colored jersey. The visiting team is responsible for
contacting the home
team to assist in the avoidance of similarity
of colors. |
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| Section
14. GAME MEDICAL PERSONNEL |
| The CCS staff, in conjunction with participating schools, will
be responsible to arrange for appropriate medical personnel to be present at Play-off
sites. |
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| Section 15.
AWARDS |
| Awards will be presented on the field immediately following the
Championship game(s). |
| A. |
8 Trophies: 1 for each Division Champion and
Runner-Up Team; |
| B. |
352 Medals: 44 for members of each Division Champion
and Runner-Up Team; |
| C. |
4 Plaques: 1 for each Division Champion Team Coach. |
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| Section 16. PRACTICE AT
CHAMPIONSHIP SITE(S) |
| No arrangements for practice at competition sites are allowed by
the CCS once the site of the Tournament has been announced. See the "General Tournament Information"
Section of this CCS Tournament Guide for the specific policy. Schools
found in violation of this rule may be barred from further participation in Section Play-offs. |
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| Section 17. SPORTSMANSHIP |
| A. |
The member schools of the
CIF/Central Coast Section are committed to providing a sportsmanlike environment for students, coaches and
spectators. |
Our Sportsmanship Definition is:
A person who can take a loss or
defeat without complaint, or victory without gloating,
and who treats his/her opponents with fairness, courtesy and respect. |
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| B. |
The following behavior is unacceptable at all CIF/CCS High
School
contests: |
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- berating your opponent's school
or mascot
- complaining about officials'
calls (verbally or in gestures)
- berating opposing players
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- artificial noise
makers
- obscene cheers /
gestures
- negative signs
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| C. |
To this end, each
school is required to submit one (1) signed Sportsmanship Contract on or
prior to September 15 of the school year. This contract confirms that the
principal has verbally and through written communication addressed the
importance of sportsmanship to his/her student body, faculty and community. |
| D. |
Each Principal is required by the CCS Board
of managers to meet with any team from his/her school participating in the CCS
Tournament to
review CCS Sportsmanship Information.
( REQUIRED PRE-GAME
SPORTSMANSHIP MEETING INFORMATION SHEET) |
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Coaches and Captains will meet with the Site
Director one hour prior to game time to remind them of the
importance of good sportsmanship and to
make certain their Administrator has reviewed this information with
them in the past week. |
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Administrators from both schools in each
contest will attend a mandatory meeting with the Site Director 15
minutes prior to game time.
(The
coach cannot represent the school at this meeting.) |
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| Section
18. ELIGIBLE ATHLETES |
| A. |
All athletes must be in good
standing with their League, school and CCS in order to compete. No ineligible athletes will be allowed to
compete. |
| B. |
Any player or coach who is ejected from a
Tournament
contest for FLAGRANT MISCONDUCT and/or UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOR will
be disqualified from all remaining contests in that sport that season,
including any and all State CIF competition. |
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Section
19. GAME SUPERVISION |
- Adequate student/spectator supervision must be provided by each
school participating in the Tournament. School administrators/faculty who attend any
contest in this capacity shall introduce themselves to the CCS Site Director and tell
him/her where they will be located throughout the contest in case their assistance is
needed. It is the responsibility of the school supervisory personnel to prevent and
correct any inappropriate behavior of their students and spectators.
- In order that all persons may experience maximum enjoyment at CCS athletic events, and to
enhance and encourage good public order, it is the policy of the Central Coast Section-CIF
that all persons wishing to audibly cheer or support a particular team be seated in an
area designated for, or most closely associated with, the team in question.
- Seating of persons audibly cheering for a particular team
in the cheering section of, or areas most closely identified with, the opposing team is to
be avoided whenever possible and such persons shall be directed by staff to the
appropriate seating location for their team
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| Section
20.
PASSES |
| A. |
ONLY CCS Passes and State
CIF Passes will be honored. |
| B. |
Participants will be admitted with the coaching
staff. |
| C. |
Stats people, team managers, and team area personnel
will be admitted to the team area via a field pass only. A supply of field
passes will be issued to the respective football coaches or AD's prior to game-time. |
| D. |
The following procedure will be followed for all CCS
events for admission and identification of faculty supervisors: |
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1. |
The school shall supply, in duplicate, on the Football
Pass Gate List form, and signed by the Principal, a written list of a maximum of 12 supervisors assigned to the contest. |
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2. |
This list
must be presented at the admission gate in time to provide complimentary admission
to those on the list. |
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3. |
The gate attendant will give the duplicate list to the Site Director so
that he/she knows the supervisors in attendance in case there is a need to consult with them during the
game.
(FOOTBALL PASS GATE
LIST FORM) |
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4. |
School supervisory personnel are responsible to work with the CCS Staff
to control the behavior of all the spectators in attendance in support of their team. |
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| Section 21. PRE-GAME AND HALF-TIME
ACTIVITIES |
| A. |
Pre-game drills are scheduled for
one (1) hour prior to kick-off time. Teams should conduct these drills on the half of the field which is to
their right, as they face the center of the field from their team bench. |
| B. |
The National Anthem will be provided by the "HOME
TEAM" (or as otherwise arranged) 10 minutes prior to the kick-off. |
| C. |
Half-time intermission (15 minutes) --
Each band
and/or marching group is allowed eight (8) minutes on the field. |
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| Section
23. PRE-SALE OF TICKETS |
| A. |
By arrangement with the
CCS office, all schools participating in CCS
Football Play-offs may pre-sell tickets at their school, as
follows: |
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1. |
General
Admission tickets [Gate Price:
$10.00] may be sold for any price up
to $10.00 to students and adults. The
school will return $8.00 to the CCS office for each Adult ticket sold and may retain the
difference
between the $8.00 returned and the school's sale price. |
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2. |
Child tickets (for children 12 & under) [Gate Price: $2.00]
may be sold, for $2.00, as a convenience for the school's spectators who wish to purchase them at school rather
than at the gate. The school will return $2.00 to the CCS office for each Child's ticket sold. |
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3. |
Discounted
student tickets for students with ASB Card. [Gate Price $5.00] may be
sold, for $5.00, as a convenience to students at the participating school.
The school will return $5.00 to the CCS Office for each Student ticket sold. |
| B. |
Pre-sale tickets will be distributed at the Pre-Tournament
Information Meetings for Principals, Coaches, and Activities Directors of
participating schools on: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010, Sites and Times - TBA. |
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| Section 24. TEAM TRAVEL AND
SUPPLIES SUBSIDY |
| CCS will pay for one (1) bus to transport the
school's Football team to the Play-off site. San Jose's East
Side Union High
School District rates will be used to determine the amount paid for team travel.
A completed TEAM
TRAVEL SUBSIDY FORM must be submitted to CCS within 10 days after the school's last CCS Play-off contest.
( TEAM TRAVEL SUBSIDY
FORM - FOOTBALL) |
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| Section 25.
GAME PROGRAMS AND ROSTERS |
Official team rosters are due to CCS no later than NOVEMBER 1st, in order to be included in the Tournament
Programs. (See APPENDIX for TOURNAMENT ROSTER -
FOOTBALL) |
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| Section
26. RADIO / TV LICENSING |
| Licensing for broadcasting in any form is required for all
contests. Contact the CCS Commissioner well before the start of the
Tournament, @
408-224-2994, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, for conditions and approval of any broadcast. |
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