OHSAA 101

MEMBERS, STAFF AND PARTNERS

• Schools are volunteer members - 822 High Schools, 900 Middle Schools
• 26 Sanctioned Sports (13 Girls, 13 Boys)
• Approximately 400,000 Student-Athletes in Grades 7-12
• Approximately 16,000 Officials
• Approximately 65,000 Coaches
• Six District Athletic Boards (elected by the member schools in that district)
• State Board of Directors (rotation system from the District Athletic Boards)
• Executive Director and State Office Staff (24 full-time employees)
• 10 Allied Educational Organizations
• Partnered Coaches Associations for Each Sanctioned Sport

FINANCES

• No tax dollars received
• No membership fees from schools
• Limited school tournament entry fees (selected sports only)
• Bonus returned to schools on ticket sales
• Reimbursement to schools of selected regional/state tournament expenses (OHSAA returned over $2.6 million to member schools last school year)
• OHSAA pays for catastrophic insurance coverage ($700,000 annual premium)
• OHSAA State Office Revenue Sources:
  • Ticket Sales from Regional and State Tournaments - 80%
  • Officials Dues - 10%
  • Sponsorships -10%

TOURNAMENTS, ELIGIBILITY AND SERVICES

• Strive to conduct the best state tournaments in the country
• Enrollment data for tournament divisions comes from Ohio Dept. of Education
• Monitor eligibility of student-athletes
  • Constitution and bylaws voted on by school principals
  • Schools are the primary enforcer of bylaws and sports regulations. The OHSAA does not have full-time staff devoted to compliance or investigations
• Provide services to our member schools, such as:
  • Coaches Education
  • Sportsmanship and “Respect the Game” Programs
  • Sports Medicine and Sports Safety Programs
  • Booster Education
  • Safe-School Zone
  • Service Week
  • Sports Medicine Education
  • Annual Leadership Conference (largest in the nation, 1,500 students)
• Focus on the life-lessons student athletes learn through their involvement with athletics