A look at what was approved by the NJSIAA Executive Committee on Wednesday.
The NJSIAA Executive Committee had its monthly meeting Wednesday and these were the topics discussed and measured passed.
– Expressed an interest in raising the budget from the State Assembly to allow the NJSIAA to do random steroid testing for student-athletes year-round, instead of just during the championship round.
– Announced the creating of the Co-Op Sports Committee, which will oversee the applications of schools wishing to merge to form one team. The committee will also have the latitude of placing the merged team in the classification group it sees fit.
– Said the Senior Basketball All-Star games will be March 16th at Rider University.
– Approved a waiver requested by the Patrick School basketball program that it meet the 70 percent requirement of in-state games for eligibility in the State Tournament. There was some discussion about the lateness of the request, but the waiver was granted by a vote of 25-6.