Rule 22 OUTSIDE COMPETITION
Violation of this rule shall make a student ineligible for the remainder of that sport or scholars’ bowl or debate season, unless he or she is reinstated by the Executive Board.

Section 1: General Regulations (apply to grades 7-12)

Art. 1: A student who is a member of a school athletic, scholars’ bowl or debate squad effective Tuesday following Labor Day through Friday preceding Memorial Day may not participate as a member of an outside team or as an independent competitor in the same sport, scholars’ bowl or debate activity. (Exception: See Rule 4, United States Olympic Committee-Sponsored National Trials and Competitions.)

NOTE: Informal participation on the part of the student athlete, such as that experienced on the black top (concrete), in the park, local “Y”, etc., is not considered a violation of this rule, provided it was not formally called or organized, no coaching takes place, where no official score is kept, time kept, officials used, etc. Intra non-school youth group athletic participation is not considered a violation of this rule. Inter non-school youth group athletic participation is a violation.

Art. 2: A student shall not be prohibited from competing on a special team within his or her own school such as an FFA team, etc. All members of such teams must be bona fide students, however, and eligible under the rules of the Association.

Art. 3: A student becomes a member of a school’s athletic squad, scholars’ bowl or debate team when he or she first participates in a practice session.

A student ceases to be a squad member after his or her last contest for the school’s athletic squad, scholars’ bowl or debate team or when the membership on a squad is
terminated. (See Rule 14-1-1, Bona Fide Student and Rule 30-2-2, Seasons of Activities.)

Do you mean "outside competition"?

I found this in the KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION handbook.

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Rule 22 OUTSIDE COMPETITION
Violation of this rule shall make a student ineligible for the remainder of that sport or scholars’ bowl or debate season, unless he or she is reinstated by the Executive Board.

Section 1: General Regulations (apply to grades 7-12)

Art. 1: A student who is a member of a school athletic, scholars’ bowl or debate squad effective Tuesday following Labor Day through Friday preceding Memorial Day may not participate as a member of an outside team or as an independent competitor in the same sport, scholars’ bowl or debate activity. (Exception: See Rule 4, United States Olympic Committee-Sponsored National Trials and Competitions.)

NOTE: Informal participation on the part of the student athlete, such as that experienced on the black top (concrete), in the park, local “Y”, etc., is not considered a violation of this rule, provided it was not formally called or organized, no coaching takes place, where no official score is kept, time kept, officials used, etc. Intra non-school youth group athletic participation is not considered a violation of this rule. Inter non-school youth group athletic participation is a violation.

Art. 2: A student shall not be prohibited from competing on a special team within his or her own school such as an FFA team, etc. All members of such teams must be bona fide students, however, and eligible under the rules of the Association.

Art. 3: A student becomes a member of a school’s athletic squad, scholars’ bowl or debate team when he or she first participates in a practice session.

A student ceases to be a squad member after his or her last contest for the school’s athletic squad, scholars’ bowl or debate team or when the membership on a squad is
terminated. (See Rule 14-1-1, Bona Fide Student and Rule 30-2-2, Seasons of Activities.)

I didn't schedule the event based on the high school bowlers, I already have a decent sized group coming, and the regional Storm rep was already going to be in the area, so it worked out.  I just thought it happened to be a great time to get a lot of the high school bowlers to come out, as quite a few of them actually don't bowl league otherwise and would therefore have no reason to buy equipment any other time of the year.  It never came close to entering my mind that they wouldn't be able to participate. 

Quote from: Jorge300 on February 05, 2015, 10:16:10 AM

How can this be true?
 
This means a baseball player can't go to a batting cage during the season? So Kansas feels all high school athletes get all the coaching they need from their respective school coaches? Really?!? I thought the idea of high school was to prepare students to move on, either to college or to a career. Shouldn't that be the same of high school atheltics? SO why restrict them to only getting "coaching" from the school coach? Do they restrict regular students from getting a tutor or help in a subject they might be struggling with? This would be the dumbest rule I have ever seen if true.
 
That being said, I would have thought you would have checked something like this before scheduling the event. High School athletics have a strict rulebook (although this one seems overly so) and if you were getting interest from a lot of high school bowlers, I would have made this call prior to agreeing to anything, just to be safe. I could see them potentially having an issue, but not for the reasons given.

I am trying to think why they would have this rule.

What if the kid is in a USBC Youth League? That seems to me would be a violation.

Yes, the kids aren't allowed to bowl youth league or any kind of other tournament while HS is going on, so most of them pre bowl for the weeks they are going to miss before the season starts.  They are allowed to do anything outside of the official school season, but during the actual season, apparently the rules are really strict. 

Quote from: trash heap on February 05, 2015, 10:47:36 AM

I am trying to think why they would have this rule.

What if the kid is in a USBC Youth League? That seems to me would be a violation.