Day Off Policy

HASTINGS COLLEGE ATHLETICS DAY OFF POLICY 

All sport-specific activities shall be prohibited during one calendar day per week, except during participation in conference postseason championships, approved governing body championships, and NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) championships. Sport-specific activities include competition, practice, film, individuals, skill instruction, workouts, weight lifting, and conditioning. Sport-specific activities do not include study halls, community service, team building activities, and meeting/ treatment with the Sports Medicine department. A calendar week is seven consecutive days from Sunday-Saturday. This requirement is intended to give student-athletes one calendar day off per week during sports season or other approved periods.  

·       Travel Day - A travel day related to athletics participation may be considered as a day off, provided no countable athletically related activities occur during that day. 

·       Canceled Competition - When an institution's competition is canceled before the start of the competition, an institution may use that day as its required day off, provided the institution does not engage in any further countable athletically related activities during that day. 

·       Preseason Practice - Sports Other Than Football - In sports other than football, an institution is not required to provide student-athletes with one day off per week during preseason practice before the first day of classes, or the first scheduled contest, whichever is earlier.  

·       Preseason Practice – Football - In football, an institution is not required to provide student-athletes with one day off per week during the preseason practice period before the first day of classes or seven days before the institution’s first scheduled contest, whichever is earlier. However, on one day in every seven days during the preseason practice period, a student-athletes's participation in required athletically related activities shall be limited to no more than two hours of off-field meetings or film review. 

·       Holiday Breaks / End of Academic Calendar – When no classes are in session, it is not required to provide student-athletes with one day off per week.  

Tracking of sports days off should be recorded by head coaches and turned in to the athletic director before the start of the season and at the end of the season.

For questions or concerns about the day off policy, please contact us.

Chris Clements, Director of Athletics, chris.clements@hastings.edu  

Ashley Malloy, Senior Woman Administrator, Ashley.malloy@hastings.edu