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This is a press release by the KHSAA. Thoughts?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 11, 2011
THRESHOLD FOR NEW SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS REVISED
The KHSAA Board of Control voted to revise the threshold from 20 percent to 10 percent the participation of
schools required for the KHSAA to sponsor a sports championship at its regular meeting on Monday. The
Association’s triennial survey is being distributed and a new threshold of 10 percent could open the door for the
addition of more sports, including archery, lacrosse and bass fishing in the coming years.
“By lowering the number of schools required to sponsor a championship sport we think it might actually encourage
more schools to offer a sport and grow that sport at a faster pace than it otherwise might do,” said KHSAA
Commissioner Julian Tackett. “Any time we can pick up a new group of student-athletes who can compete at the
sport they love, while giving them structure and a reason to excel in the classroom with their academic progress
monitored, there is really no downside to it.”
The Board has already approved bowling as a championship sport for the 2011-12 school year after survey results
indicated more than 80 schools plan to offer the sport next year, with another 45 vowing to offer the sport within
five years. Bowling, a winter sport, will begin practice on Oct. 15 and will hold regional tournaments the week of
March 11-17, 2012, with the state tournament scheduled for March 23-24, 2012.