Can someone fill me in on what the NCAA rule is on having a meet in order to hold a team cross country camp?
It seems like schools all over the country are competing in meets like this which are essentially glorified practices except they wear school racing uniforms.
If this is a rule, what's the rationale behind it? Does this apply only to Division I, or is it across all divisions in NCAA? What happens if a school holds a camp but doesn't have a meet before/after the camp?
Thanks.
Tricky Nicky wrote:
Can someone fill me in on what the NCAA rule is on having a meet in order to hold a team cross country camp?
It seems like schools all over the country are competing in meets like this which are essentially glorified practices except they wear school racing uniforms.
If this is a rule, what's the rationale behind it? Does this apply only to Division I, or is it across all divisions in NCAA? What happens if a school holds a camp but doesn't have a meet before/after the camp?
Thanks.
The NCAA allows teams to start practice based on the date of their first race. The NCAA also says that the first allowable date of competition for teams this year is September 1. So to max out the number of allowed practice days many teams will schedule a race on September 1. If a team doesn't race September 1 they will lose a corresponding number of allowed practice days. That is all.
15_50 wrote:
Tricky Nicky wrote:
Can someone fill me in on what the NCAA rule is on having a meet in order to hold a team cross country camp?
It seems like schools all over the country are competing in meets like this which are essentially glorified practices except they wear school racing uniforms.
If this is a rule, what's the rationale behind it? Does this apply only to Division I, or is it across all divisions in NCAA? What happens if a school holds a camp but doesn't have a meet before/after the camp?
Thanks.
The NCAA allows teams to start practice based on the date of their first race. The NCAA also says that the first allowable date of competition for teams this year is September 1. So to max out the number of allowed practice days many teams will schedule a race on September 1. If a team doesn't race September 1 they will lose a corresponding number of allowed practice days. That is all.
So is that in the NCAA track & field/XC rule book, or in an NCAA manual for all sports?
I'm assuming that's to give the schools that operate on quarters equal footing with schools that operate on semesters?
Tricky Nicky wrote:
15_50 wrote:
The NCAA allows teams to start practice based on the date of their first race. The NCAA also says that the first allowable date of competition for teams this year is September 1. So to max out the number of allowed practice days many teams will schedule a race on September 1. If a team doesn't race September 1 they will lose a corresponding number of allowed practice days. That is all.
So is that in the NCAA track & field/XC rule book, or in an NCAA manual for all sports?
I'm assuming that's to give the schools that operate on quarters equal footing with schools that operate on semesters?
No idea where this is written down or if it applies to all sports. You can probably research that on your own.
Yes. It probably was done to put the schools on the quarter system on equal footing but it actually elevates those on the quarter system since those schools then get to have 3+ weeks of training while not having to go to class while those on the semester system are training and going to class. (This becomes a major advantage for teams whose training camps are at altitude.)
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