COVID-19 Responses & Resources

COVID-19 Responses & Resources


CCAA Responses

  


COVID-19 Resources
     
CCAA Responses
  

 
  • Mandatory vaccines for CCAA Championships - September 2021 (details here)
  • Winter 2021 Championships cancelled – October 2020
  • With the absence of national championships, all CCAA Eligibility Rules will be waived for that particular sport and only Member Conference eligibility rules will be applied (refer to CCAA Operating Code Article 5 - Eligibility, Section 3 - Jurisdiction of Rules)
  • 2021 CCAA/Curling Canada Championships cancelled – Sept. 2020
  • CCAA eligibility consumption will be waived for the entirety of the 2020-21 season. - June 2020
  • No CCAA sport Fees will be assessed in sports that have cancelled National Championships – June 2020
  • Institutional Membership fee relief – June 2020
    - Members registered with the CCAA that only participate in one (1) Level 2 CCAA Sport may apply for relief from the 2020-21 CCAA Membership fee if no National Championship is conducted in that sport.
    - The application for relief must be received by September 1st, 2020 for Fall Sports and January 1st for Winter Sports, which includes an official letter from the Institution’s Athletic Director detailing reasons for the need for relief and a commitment to CCAA membership in 2021-22.
  • Fall 2020 Championships cancelled – June 2020
  • Manitoba Probationary Member Relief - June 2020
    - The CCAA will provide relief from Year 2 Probationary requirements under Competitiveness specifically,
    -- Institution agrees to participate in a minimum of one men’s and one women’s soccer exhibition game either preseason, at Thanksgiving or at a full-size indoor facility in the winter against a CCAA institution from and alternate outside CCAA conference than Year 1.
    -- Institution agrees to participate in a minimum of one men’s and one women’s volleyball exhibition match either preseason, or during season against an alternate outside CCAA conference member institution, from Year 1
    - Furthermore, the timeframe will remain in place for the current Probationary period and process, no change to Year 3.  MCAC Probationary members are encouraged to continue to investigate and undertake exhibition, if possible, at some point during the 2020-21 season.
  • Pandemic Task Force Committee Initiated – April 2020
  • 2020 AGM moved to online format – April 2020
  • Academic Progress relief provided for 2019-20 Academic year– April 2020
    - The CCAA will provide compliance relief from the CCAA Academic Progress Rule for the 2019-20 academic year under the following parameters:
    -- 1. Student-athletes who were eligible under the academic progress rule for the 2019-20 season will be eligible for the 2020-21 season, regardless of credit completion. This also includes the following students:
    a) Student-athletes that were added to the ineligible list following the Fall 2019 session will be removed from the list, without proof of recovery.
    -- 2. Students who were ineligible before the 2019-20 season and who did not restore their status during the Fall 2019 session, but who were full-time students during the Winter 2020 session may be removed for the list with proof of full time registration during the Winter 2020 session.
    -- 3. Students who are on the ineligible list and who were not studying in 2019-20 remain on the list until reinstated through standard CCAA Reinstatement Rules (Article 9.3)
    - This proposal represents an exceptional measure given the current situation. It remains the responsibility of each Athletic Director to encourage student-athletes to continue their studies in this session in order to progress towards of their academic credentials (Degree/diploma/certification).
    - The CCAA’s 2019-20 Academic Progress rule – relief is the minimum standard, the least strict.  Conferences have the prerogative to be stricter in the application, but cannot be less strict than the CCAA rule.
  • 2020 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship cancelled – March 2020
     
 
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