1. Move to a one-hour weigh-in.
2. State Tournament for next year not be held before February 15.
3. Wrestlers be allowed to wrestle with ringworm while being covered properly and be dressed again for each competition.
4. Allow coaches to vote on State Dual Officials.
5. Let wrestlers receive their 2-lb. allowance January 1.
6. Poll all Tennessee wrestling officials to see if they are willing to work tables at the State Tournament. This would allow for an adult to be at each table.
7. Propose to the National Federation to eliminate (contacts) from injury time.
8. Move Division I to (two classifications) for the State Duals.

12. Discussed proposals by the State Track Committee.
    Voted to approve the following:

1. Set the deadline for replacements for qualifiers in the decathlon and pentathlon who drop out of the state meet for no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday prior to the Spring Fling week. To make it a point of emphasis for the meet director and state office in meetings to remind coaches of the proper method of notifying the state office when qualifiers are not competing.
2. To create a method for the state office to have representatives check pole vault pads to make sure they comply with the National Federation rule requirements. To have the state office create an educational process for all coaches and athletes that would be held prior to track rules meetings and have someone knowledgeable in the pole vault to provide information to all schools at the meeting.

Denied the proposal to provide neck drapes for medals in sectional track meets.

13. Voted that the Dual Meet State Wrestling Tournament be held at Clarksville High School in Clarksville and the Division II State Individual and Division I State Individual Wrestling Tournaments be held at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga.
14. Heard the report of the Student Services Program.
15. Approved the appeal of Upperman High School.
16. Denied the request of Tennessee High School that TSSAA be a corporate sponsor for the 20th Anniversary of the Arby's Classic.
17. Voted to use the same format in the sectional (sub-state) basketball games as was used in 2001-02 with a minimum seating requirement of 1,500. It was also discussed that the site could be moved if the minimum seating requirements were not met. The Board recommended that this item be placed on the agenda for the fall 2002 Administrator's Meetings.
18. Approved the requests for membership in TSSAA, effective with the 2002-03 school year for the following schools: White House-Heritage, Zion Christian Academy, and Creek Wood High School.
    Also approved the request for membership, effective with the 2003-04 school year for Cumberland Gap High School, Seigel High School, Liberty Technology Magnet High School, and Madison Academy Magnet High School.
19. Voted that three-man crews be required in regular season district basketball games beginning with the 2003-04 school year.
    Approved the following proposal concerning schools changing officials' associations - The staff will review the set-up of all officials' associations recognized by the TSSAA and the schools' use of officials' associations. In basketball and football, a school cannot change officials' associations without approval by the state office and the approval has to be done by a certain date for football and by a certain date for basketball.
20. The classification information lists the schools that have had a 20% change in enrollment and all new schools. The Board placed all schools in the appropriate districts and regions in all sports at this meeting.
    The following were approved by the Board for the 2003-04 & 2004-05 school years:

    DIVISION I FOOTBALL

    Mt. Juliet Christian Academy will be added to Class 1A, Region 4.

    White House-Heritage High School will be added to Class 1A, Region 4.

    Eagleville High School will be added to Class 1A, Region 6, Group C.

    Cumberland Gap High School will be added to Class 2A, Region 1.

    Station Camp High School will be added to Class 2A, Region 4.

    Creek Wood High School will be added to Class 3A, Region 5.

    Liberty Technology Magnet High School will be added to Class 3A, Region 6.

    Seigel High School will be added to Class 5A, Region 4.

    Ravenwood High School will be added to Class 5A, Region 6.

    Gatlinburg Pittman High School will be moved from Class 3A, Region 1 to Class 2A, Region 1.

    Cheatham Co. Central High School will be moved from Class 3A, Region 5 to Class 2A, Region 5.

    Westwood High School sill be moved from Class 3A, Region 8, Group B to Class 2A, Region 8.

    Jackson Central-Merry will be moved from Class 5A, Region 7 to Class 4A, Region 7.

    Mt. Juliet High School will be moved from Class 5A, Region 4 to Class 4A, Region 6, Group B.

    Ridgeway High School will be moved from Class 3A, Region 8, Group B to Class 4A, Region 8.

    Wilson Central High School will be moved from Class 4A, Region 6, Group B to Class 5A, Region 4.

    DIVISION I
    (Basketball, Baseball, and Girls' Softball)

    Station Camp High School will be added to Class A, Region 4, District 8.

    White House-Heritage High School will be added to Class A, Region 5, District 10.

    Zion Christian Academy will be added to Class A, Region 6, District 12.

    Madison Academic Magnet High School will be added to Class A, Region 7, District 14.

    Cumberland Gap High School will be added to Class AA, Region 1, District 2.

    Creek Wood High School will be added to Class AA, Region 5, District 10.

    Liberty Technology Magnet High School will be added to Class AA, Region 6, District 12.

    Tyner Academy will be moved from Class A, Region 3, District 5 to Class AA, Region 3, District 6.

    Mitchell High School will be moved from Class A, Region 8, District 16 to Class AA, Region 8, District 16.

    DIVISION I
    (All Sports Except Football, Wrestling, and Bowling).

    Seigel High School will be added to Class AAA, Region 4, District 7.

    Ravenwood High School will be added to Class AAA, Region 6, District 11.

    Ridgeway High School will be moved from Class AA, Region 8, District 15 to Class AAA, Region 8, District 15.

    DIVISION I CLASS A-AA
    (All Sports Except Football, Basketball, Baseball, Girls' Softball, Bowling, and Wrestling)

    Cumberland Gap High School will be added to Region 1, District 2.

    Zion Christian Academy will be added to Region 4, District 8.

    White House-Heritage will be added to Region 5, District 10.

    Station Camp High School will be added to Region 5, District 10.

    Creek Wood High School will be added to Region 6, District 12.

    Add Liberty Technology Magnet High School and Madison Academic Magnet High School to Region 7, District 14. In golf only, they will be in District 14, Group B.

    DIVISION II FOOTBALL

    Pope John Paul II will be added to Class AA.

    DIVISION II
    (All Sports Except Football)

    Pope John Paul II will be added to the Middle Region.

    St. George's School will be added to the West Region.

    Region meetings for the purpose of scheduling football games are to be held no earlier than September 9, 2002. Regional Chairpersons will be appointed to call the meetings.

21. The Board voted to move the Spring Fling to Memphis in 2003. The contract for the Spring Fling to be held in Memphis will be for a three-year period, with the option for either side to back-out after the first year. Memphis was chosen over Chattanooga, Jackson, and Nashville.
    As part of the move to Memphis, the baseball and soccer tournaments will expand to allow eight teams in each classification to compete at the state tournament.
22. Voted to change admission charge for State Championship events.
    Football will go up to $7.00 for the first four rounds and remain $10.00 for the championships.
    Basketball will go from $5.00 to $6.00 in sectional games, stay at $7.00 for general admission on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in the State Tournament and go to $10.00 for championship games.
    All other sports will change from $5.00 to $6.00. It has been seven years since we have had an increase in volleyball, soccer, wrestling, etc.
23. Approved the change in wording for television regulations. Previously the wording of the television regulations stated that the Board of Control had to approve live and delayed telecasts of the state tournaments. This proposed change allows the state office to approve delayed telecast. The rewording of the regulation is as follows:
    Permission to telecast, live, any part of the state tournaments in any sport or any part of the football playoff series must be approved by the Board of Control (this does not apply to news coverage.)
    Permission to telecast, delayed, any part of the state tournaments in any sport must be approved by the state office.
24. Approved the request from Chattanooga Christian School asking that a one-year exception be granted for those A-AA student-athletes that qualify for the city prep golf tournament to be allowed to play on September 19, 2002. That date is two days after the district tournament date for A-AA.
25. Discussed and approved that it be mandatory for schools to file schedules online beginning with the 2002-03 school year, hold discussions in Administrators' Meetings, and fine schools $25.00 for not filing schedules online beginning with winter sports in the 2002-03 school year.