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M. A games committee to handle protests and violations of the NJCAA Code of Conduct and Misconduct Policy (competition rules)
shall be composed of a minimum of three of the following, as selected by the official NJCAA Representatives. Any individual
participant or coach requesting a protest must pay $100 in advance. The $100 is nonrefundable.
1. Head mat official or his alternate.
2. An officer of the Wrestling Coaches Association not involved in the protest.
3. NJCAA Representative.
Section 8. Officials
A. The official’s selection process begins with the participating colleges nominating an official and sending a letter of recommendation
and resume of that nominee to their Regional Director. The Regional Director then endorses the nomination and forwards it to the
Tournament Director for consideration. The Tournament Director shall hire all tournament officials.
B. The Tournament Director shall provide material to allow all tournament coaches an opportunity to rate all mat officials for the
tournament. The lowest rated official(s) shall not be eligible to return for two years.
C. The head official shall not participate in officiating any match during the duration of the National Tournament. The assistant head
official may officiate during the duration of the tournament, with an assigned designee in case of a video challenge.
D. No official officiating a match will be involved in the video review. There will be an independent party to conduct the review, not
involved in the match.
Section 9. Awards
A. NJCAA Team Awards shall be given to the first and second place teams.
1. A Team Award shall also be given to the Non-Scholarship team with the highest point total.
NOTE: In the event that a Non-Scholarship team has the highest or second-highest overall point total, that team would
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receive both the 1 /2 Place Trophy as well as the Non-Scholarship Trophy.
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B. NJCAA All-American Medals will be awarded as shown below:
1. Gold medals to be awarded to all 1 place finishers
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2. Silver medals to be awarded to all 2 place finishers
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3. Bronze medals to be awarded to all 3 place finishers
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C. The "Ernest B. Gould" Award shall be presented to the outstanding wrestler.
D. The Wrestling Coaches Association is responsible for ordering awards for the Hall of Fame, Man of the Year and the Academic
Team of the Year. Confirmation of award orders should be confirmed with the Tournament Host 30 days prior to the start
Section 10. Finances
A. Each college shall pay its own team expenses.
B. Each participating college will be assessed a $25 entry fee per qualifying wrestler.
Section 11. Substance Abuse
The use of all tobacco products by any coach, player, official or other individual involved in the conducting of any NJCAA sponsored
regular season or postseason play is prohibited within the confines of the playing area. Any individual not in compliance shall be
disqualified from further participation in that tournament. The National Tournament will be in compliance to Article XVIII, Section B in the
Sportsmanship Procedures.
Section 12. Open Wound Policy
Under circumstances when constant or profuse bleeding occurs, the participant shall be immediately removed from that contest by the
official and cannot return until the bleeding has been stopped.
A. Health care attendants, known to be infected with the HIV virus, cannot administer to bleeding athletes.
B. Anytime an athlete bleeds during a bout, the official shall stop the action and the bleeding shall be stopped.
C. If the bleeding cannot be stopped to the satisfaction of the mat official, the athlete cannot continue to compete.
D. Timeouts for bleeding shall not be included in injury time.
E. Home match administration shall be responsible to notify all officials of his responsibilities in enforcing the policy.
F. Home match administration is responsible for clean-up of mats and proper disposal of contaminated materials.
Section 13. Tournament Lodging
Should the Tournament Host/National Office choose to assign lodging for this event, all participating colleges must honor that assignment
or pay for those rooms.
Section 14. Code of Conduct
All coaches, athletes and support personnel are expected to be familiar with and follow the NJCAA Code of Conduct. This code may be
found under Article XVI of the NJCAA bylaws.
Section 15. Dress Decorum
During the games, coaches will wear business casual attire and all other representatives of the college will wear logo shirts and casual
pants or college logo sweat suits. Violators of dress decorum will be asked by either the Tournament Director or NJCAA Representative
to alter dress to comply with the stated dress decorum. If they don't comply, the incident will be referred to the Standards and Ethics
Committee for possible sanctions.
Section 16. Championship Site Bids
Sport Committee Chairs must be present at the Championship Events Committee meeting when bid(s) for the national tournament site
is/are discussed.
Section 17. All-American Guidelines
The following guidelines must be adhered to for consideration of All-American status:
A. The top five finishers in each weight class will be deemed All-American.
B. Photos of the All-Americans will be provided by the Tournament Host.
C. All individual wrestlers of qualifying teams must be updated on the NWCA website. A letter of reprimand will be sent to the
president and athletic director of the institution in violation and may be eliminated from the competition at the National Tournament.
D. See procedure listed in the All-American Award section of the NJCAA Handbook & Casebook