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Part 1. Procedure: A request for post-season travel is only required when a team does not meet the official qualifying criteria for Conference or NJCAA Post-season. If a team meets post-season qualifying criteria the team’s participation in post-season shall be through the Student Life Post Season Travel Budget.
Part 2. Qualifying Criteria:
Subpart A. Team/individual sports must qualify by meeting MCAC and/or NJCAA regional qualifying criteria.
Subpart B. Approval to compete in non-qualifying post-season competitions must be obtained from the College President/or designee prior to acceptance.
Part 3. General:
- Travel shall be by the most reasonable means considering expense, safety issues, student schedules, and availability of adult drivers.
- Expenses for post-season travel shall be provided by the same standards as during the regular season. Expenses shall come from the Student Life Post Season Travel Cost Center.
- Coaches, players, and team support staff that travel to meets and games during the regular season, may be included in the official party for all post-season travel.
- The coach and Athletic Director may choose not to participate in regional and national competition or accept a football bowl invitation.
- Expenses for hosting post-season competition events shall be paid for out of the Student Life post-season travel account.
- Any funds raised from hosting post-season competition events shall be deposited in the Student Life post-season travel account.
- Any reimbursement made to the college for post-season competition shall be deposited in the Student Life post-season travel account.
- If funds in the Student Life post-season travel account are not adequate to finance a team or individual who has qualified for competition, the Athletics Director, in consultation with the Director of Student Life shall make an appeal to the Student Senate for additional funding. The Student Senate’s decision is final. The College may supplement post-season travel dollars as deemed appropriate by the President and Cabinet.
Date of Implementation: Summer, 2001
Date of Adoption: June 7, 1997
Revisions Adopted: 3/27/01; 3/12/09; 2/28/17; 2/27/24