Iowa Girls Experimentation with two halves

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

Hmmmm, now that you bring that up, I think I'll have to see how the halves impact such eligibility because how many games a girl plays in has been determined by how many quarters of a game they played in. Could make for some interesting messes in the JV/V doubleheaders.

States permitting the option of halves instead of quarters need to rewrite their participation rules so that players may participate in 3 halves in a day instead of 5 or 6 quarters.

[bbcof83]

Originally Posted by mbyron

States permitting the option of halves instead of quarters need to rewrite their participation rules so that players may participate in 3 halves in a day instead of 5 or 6 quarters.

Don't quote me but I believe that's exactly what MN did. That's the only logical way to handle it really.

Originally Posted by mbyron

States permitting the option of halves instead of quarters need to rewrite their participation rules so that players may participate in 3 halves in a day instead of 5 or 6 quarters.

The only problem with that in Iowa is the halves can only be used in Varsity play. That's why I brought up the interesting scenario for JV/V doubleheaders. I'm still looking for an explanation of how that's handled.

A reminder that each individual player has a 21-game season limitation. A student who plays 0-2 quarters in a day is charged with 0 games against this limitation. A student who plays in 3-6 quarters in a day is charged with 1 game against this limitation. A student who plays in 7-8 quarters in a day is charged with two games against this limitation. For implementation of this experimental rule, a player who plays in either the first half or the second half will be charged with 2 quarters. A player who plays in both halves will be charged with four quarters.

Found my answer on the Iowa girls association website. This was the paragraph below the OP quoted paragraph in their announcement of the experiment.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

The only problem with that in Iowa is the halves can only be used in Varsity play. That's why I brought up the interesting scenario for JV/V doubleheaders. I'm still looking for an explanation of how that's handled.

Not a problem. A half is still defined in sub-varsity ball, even if the clock runs quarters.