MIAA Assistant Director and Liaison to State Volleyball Committee: Kathleen E. McSweeney Volleyball Sub-Committee: Brian McCann – Joseph Case HS Principal and MIAA Volleyball Committee Chair Tom Turco – Barnstable HS Volleyball Coach and Volleyball Committee Coaches’ Representative Carole Burke – High School & College Volleyball Official and MIAA Volleyball State Rules Interpreter Jane Bergin – Lexington & Andover HS Volleyball Coach and Volleyball Committee Coaches’ Representative Peter Boucher – Milford HS Athletic Director and MIAA Volleyball Committee Member Abbreviated History of MIAA Volleyball 1972(ish) > Girls Volleyball instituted Late 1970’s/Early 1980’s > Boys began playing on Girls Volleyball teams 1980’s > Boys Volleyball instituted 2005 > MIAA correctly, reasonably and safely adopted the modification to allow Boys to continue to play on Girls Volleyball teams, however only playing on the back row due to the documentation of the following: Concussions to the girls (from spiked volleyballs from boys) Broken fingers of the girls (from blocking spiked volleyballs from boys) Broken noses of the girls (from spiked volleyballs from boys) Eye injuries of the girls (from spiked volleyballs from boys) Since then (2005) we have not been made aware of any requests for boys to play on the front row. 2020 > request to allow boys to play on the front row??? Our Overarching Concern > Why would we now knowingly put the Girls back in harm’s way when the genesis of the 2005 rule modification was correctly based on safety to keep the Girls from getting injured? Volleyball Sub-Committee Presentation Blue Ribbon Committee 5/28/20 RE: MIAA Rule #83.5.1 VISUAL AIDS