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Creating Appropriate By-Laws for a Changing Society Paul Angelico, Commissioner Colorado High School Activities Association

Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society

Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society Eligibility Rules Coaching Requirements • 1940 – 1 Page of Rules • 1940 – Certified Employed Teachers • 2012 – 20 Pages of Rules • 2012 - 8 Pages of Rules

Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society Safety of Participants Citizenship • 1940 – One • 1940 – One Paragraph Statement (Schools must have a stretcher) • 2012 – One Paragraph • 2012 – Whole sections dedicated to safety (physicals, concussions, etc.)

Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society • All rules must support the vision and mission of the Association

Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society The Association must become: • Visionary • Forecaster of the Time • Predictor of where society is headed in order to stay in control of what we do

Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society Examples of Change Experienced by All • Concussions • Club Influences • Television/Media • Equity/Title IX

Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers

Julian Tackett, Commissioner Kentucky High School Athletic Association

 Liberal vs. Conservative  Traditional vs. Cutting Edge  Never Forget Mark Twain about Kentucky  Our experiences much the same as CO’s in terms of publications, etc.

 PNP, 501(c)3  Originally founded by Central KY Principals in 1917  Designated by State in 1978 (retirement)  Placed under KRS Chapter 13B for appeals in mid 1990s  Changes in rules require LOTS of hoops to be jumped through ◦ Board-Schools-Board-KBE(2)-LRC(2)-Legis

O. J. Simpson becomes the first Heisman Trophy  winner elected to the Football Hall of Fame. After 6 and 1/2 years, the television series The  Dukes of Hazard goes off the air. Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.  New Coke, a marketing disaster is introduced.  Three months later Coke reintroduces its original formula as CocaCola Classic. Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of  Windows, Windows 1.0. Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.  Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit,  breaking Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.

The Titanic is rediscovered  The Super Mario Bros. video game is released by  Nintendo. Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill  Watterson, was first published. Ford Taurus is First Produced  Michael Jordan Wins Rookie of the Year 

 TURN LOOSE OF IT.  IT’S GONE! IT ISN”T COMING BACK (NOR IS 1975, 1965, 1955), etc.  We absolutely have to stop utilizing the vast majority of our resources fighting to preserve the rules and regulations and actions of the past.  We must honor it and celebrate, but we are not required to be left behind trying to hold onto it.

Any change, even a change for the better, is  always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. Change is the only constant. Hanging on is  the only sin. He who rejects change is the architect of  decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. If you want to change the culture, you will  have to start by changing the organization.

 Be the “agent” of change, not the victim. Be seen as someone/some group willing to try someone new  YES, you can be proactive. You must see into the future by paying as much attention to the kid’s desires as you do the near-retirement folks desires ◦ Examples- Concussion legislation, Media and TV/Sponsorships, Title IX Proactivity, Activities

 New Program Expansion. Our vision statement should be simple, “Every Child, Participating”  Be open minded and review options. THE KIDS WANT IT  Be the leader from the office. Position yourself with your Board, your schools to the point that they view change as positive  Some will say “we can’t afford it”. I respond frankly, we can’t afford not to do it.

 You will fail with some things you try, but as Lincoln said, “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. ”  Holding too firmly to the past, I believe, we sincerely risk losing the influential position that athletics and fine arts activities play in the development of young people. We must continue the fight.