| LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA RULES AND REGULATIONS | ||||
| Title: | Unified Bowling Classifications | |||
| Author: | Dallas Sweet | |||
| School: | Malcolm | |||
| NSAA District: | 1 | |||
| Proposal for: | Activities Manual | |||
| Classes Affected: | Class A Class B | |||
| Activities Affected: | Unified Sports | |||
| This proposal: | WILL NOT increase costs to the school WILL NOT increase costs to the NSAA WILL NOT increase travel for participating schools WILL NOT decrease a student's or coach's instruction time | |||
| Implementation date: | 2027-08-01 | |||
| Sections affected in Activities Manual: | Page 6 | Article | Section | |
| Summary: | 2) There will be two classifications for Unified Bowling – one class will consist of the participating schools in high school bowling from the previous year, and one class will consist of the schools that did not participate in high school bowling the previous year. | |||
| Rationale: | Schools with bowling as a sport spend more time practicing bowling and have an advantage over those that do not have bowling as a sport. The spirit of the Special Olympics is giving the athletes the opportunity to compete. This would give all schools a more equal chance to qualify to be a part of the state meet, which is one of the most amazing settings to be a part of in Unified Bowling.
Numbers will change slightly over time as bowling may grow. In 2025 though, we had 44 schools participate in Unified Bowling without bowling as a sport, and 44 schools participate in Unified Bowling that have bowling as a sport. So, our number of schools in each class would have been equal in number. | |||
| Pros: | Opportunity for unified athletes to compete against similar competition. | |||
| Cons: | So schools will have to compete against much bigger schools in enrollment numbers. | |||