CACC Athletic Trainers

Meeting Minutes

May 11. 2010

In Attendance:

Michael Bronstein (Georgian Court)Amy Thomas (Goldey-Beacom)

Joseph Friedrich (Georgian Court)John Finley (Goldey-Beacom)

Julia Panko (Caldwell)Christopher Stella (Wilmington)

Janet Panek (Holy Family)Amanda Pupillo (Wilmington)

Kristin Midkiff (Holy Family)Lindsey Good (Wilmington)

Sandy Michael (Holy Family AD)Mindy Boyles (Bloomfield)

Jeremy Fouts (Bloomfield)Naoya Sato (Felician)

Brian Vogler (Felician)Erin Schuler (Concordia SID)

Ed Gilberti (Post)Erin Pletcher (Phila U)

Erin Fidler (CHC)Mindi D’Auria (CHC)

Penny Foland (Nyack)Samantha James (Dominican)

John Galvany (Dominican)Laura Clarke (USP)

Dan Mara (CACC Commissioner)Stacy Kelly (CACC Assoc. Commissioner)

Not in Attendance:

Pam Gardin (Caldwell)Matt Maust (Phila U)

Denise Wisniewski (CHC)Jess Lombardo (Post)

Cyndi Tucker (Concordia)Karin Mann (Post)

  1. Call to Order
  2. Meeting was called to order at 10:02am by Janet Panek.
  3. Introduction of everyone’s name school around the room.
  4. Review of the Minutes from 1/11/10 and Update Contact Information
  5. Discussion of the minutes from 1/11/10
  6. There was no discussion of the minutes from the winter meeting.
  7. Vote to approve the minutes
  8. Motion to approve the minutes from Michael Bronstien (Georgian Court).
  9. 2nd by Chris Stella (Wilmington).
  10. Update Contact Information
  11. Everyone updated their contact information on the sign-in sheet.
  12. Commissioner’s & NCAA Update - Dan Mara
  13. CACC Update
  14. Thank you to everyone for making the 5 CACC championships go well
  15. This year’s new addition was giving CACC watches to the CACC champion team; also adding an individual banquet for each sport championship.
  16. 3 softball team, 1 baseball team, and golf teams are competing at the regional level.
  17. NCAA Update – Reviewed by Dan Mara and Sandy Michael
  18. Life in the Balance Package (information was handed out by Sandy Michael)
  19. Phase 1: everything at the January AD’s meeting passed
  20. Each sport has been decreased by the number of contests per week.
  21. This year’s dates are set with no flexibility.
  22. Fall sports start date is August 16.
  23. Basketball has a mandatory “dead period” at winter break from December 20-26. This means that if a facility is closed to the public, then it can’t be used by the student-athletes for countable activities.
  24. Phase 2: ( to be addressed at the 2011 NCAA convention)
  25. Non-championship season will be a 30 day window, with 20 practice days
  26. Are “captain’s practices” considered “countable” activities?
  27. A coach cannot require a captain to call a “captain’s practice.”
  28. A captain cannot require the team to be at a “captain’s practice.”
  29. Talk to your compliance officer for clarification on specific situations as needed.
  30. EATA and NATA Updates
  31. EATA Updates (John)
  32. District 2 updates:
  33. NCAA secondary school ATS coverage guidelines: split vote
  34. Those against wanted a more detailed regulation and wanted those reported violating the regulations to be brought up to the ethics committee.
  35. D2 would like a strong showing of its members at the NATA convention. There are still a lot of volunteer opportunities.
  36. Visit the NATA website to sign up for volunteer hours.
  37. Be a part of the “Yo team” and help direct people around the city and provide information. Contact AJ Duffy @ Widener University.
  38. Hit the Hill Day
  39. This event went very well and a 2nd co-sponsor was gained for our Bill
  40. More people need to get involved!!! Write, call or e-mail your local and state representative on the importance of our Bills and educate them about what ATCs do.
  41. Those of us in New Jersey need to talk to your legislatures about the Board of Education mandating ATC coverage at all High Schools with interscholastic sports.
  42. They are currently working on the wording of this legislation, but it is on the books.
  43. If this passes, NJ will be the first state to require ATC high school coverage by law
  44. PA and NJ currently have laws being pushed regarding concussions.
  45. GET INVOLVED!!!
  46. NATA Updates
  47. CACC get-together at NATA convention; email with date, time, and place to come from Janet.
  48. K2 Update and Information - Johy Finley (Goldey-Beacom)
  49. What is K2?
  50. It is a synthetic (laboratory made) version of marijuana.
  51. It is usually mixed with incense and smoked like marijuana.
  52. The effects are magnified 2-3 times of marijuana.
  53. Other info
  54. Kansas has made it illegal.
  55. It is on the National Drug Enforcement’s radar and is possibly being considered under the “recreational” drug category.
  56. There is no testing for it yet; Drug Free Sport is interested in developing a test, but there won’t be one anytime soon.
  57. NCAA hasn’t banned it yet, because there is no testing available.
  58. What to do
  59. Keep your ears open with your athletes, and if you hear talk about it, educate student-athletes about the dangers regarding this drug.
  60. Ban it in your drug-testing policy under the “recreational” or “marijuana-like” category to loosely cover it.
  61. Possibly consider it under a “natural and/or synthetic recreational substance” category in your policy.
  62. Drug Testing Policies - Erin Pletcher (Phila U)
  63. Who covers institutional drug testing?
  64. If your institution has a campus-wide drug testing policy, your athletic department needs a separate policy for student-athletes.
  65. Athletes also sign off on the NCAA drug testing policy, but they mainly test for steroids. An athletic department drug testing policy would cover and test for more “street” and recreational drugs.
  66. Other drug testing info:
  67. If you are in need of help writing a policy for your athletic department, you can contact Drug Free Sport and they will assist you in writing a legal policy. Contact Chris Gintey or Kathy Terpin.
  68. Drug Free Sport also conducts drug testing
  69. If you use an off campus/private lab for your student-athlete drug testing, look at the cut off levels the NCAA uses and make sure your lab tests for the same levels on your student-athlete’s tests.
  70. Look at testing a fewer number of student-athletes more often (like once a month) instead of testing a large number twice a year.
  71. If you are collecting the samples for the drug test and sending them to a lab yourself, make sure you follow a strict collecting procedure. This will ensure there is no reasonable doubt about the sample collection.
  72. What if a test is inconclusive?
  73. Make sure the lab has further testing of the sample to obtain conclusive results.
  74. Ensure the lab uses an A and B sample.
  75. Make sure you have a policy for a positive test result.
  76. For more information and sample policies
  77. Go to the Collegiate Sports Medicine Foundation website
  78. Misc. Info
  79. An institution cannot provide any energy product that contains more than the daily dietary amount (ex: more protein than is recommended daily).
  80. Concussion Policies
  81. NCAA wants every institution ton minimally have a policy, to be presented and discussed with student-athletes and coaches, and then signed by student-athletes to be kept on file. This will be discussed and resigned every school year.
  82. The policy should discuss signs, symptoms, long- term effects, and ensure that the student-athlete is to be honest about reporting symptoms.
  83. New NCAA guidelines are that if a student-athlete shows any symptoms of a concussion, they are not to return to competition/participation that same day.
  84. Return to play decision no has to be made by a health care provider.
  85. PA may start requiring that a licensed health care provider make the return to play decision.
  86. Investigate educating the CACC Athletic Directors on this concussion issue and look into a CACC grant for IMPACT concussion testing software for the conference.
  87. ADHD - Chris Stella (Wilmington)
  88. Is a Doctor writing a prescription for ADHD or ADD medication for a student-athlete enough documentation for the NCAA?
  89. NCAA would like to have documentation of ADHD testing, but testing is expensive, and most Doctors don’t subject their patients to this testing.
  90. There is a new AMSSM document that supposedly follows the NCAA guidelines for proper documentation (Chris said he would send this form out to everyone). This form is updated yearly.
  91. Student-athletes are currently allowed to participate with a copy of their prescription, but if they are drug tested by the NCAA, they may be in trouble for not having the proper documentation.
  92. Body Fat/Body Weight on fitness testing - Erin Fidler (CHC)
  93. Who does body fat testing at everyone’s institution and are coaches asking for this service?
  94. Whether the fitness center or ATCs do the body fat testing, it is important for us to educate our student-athletes about the healthy body fat percentage for their age and gender.
  95. Make sure coaches aren’t using this number to determine an athlete’s performance level.
  96. Henry Schein Representative
  97. Free shipping on any order.
  98. Next day shipping on all orders in before 4:30pm.
  99. Year long locked in prices for the bid price you receive.
  100. If the conference uses Henry Schein, they will give us 3% back.
  101. Janet will email out the bid list.
  102. Please email your bids to Stacy:
  103. Contact: Justin Hickam 516-322-4610 for NJ, CN, NY

or Joey Vandever 513-673-9371 for PA, DE

  1. Old Business/New Business
  2. Purging files – Michael B. (Georgian Court)
  3. Legally, keep files for 7 years.
  4. Exit physicals – Michael B. (Georgian Court)
  5. A questionnaire to go over with student-athletes on if they have been injured, still need to see a doctor/rehab, or have taken care of their injury.
  6. Some schools conduct these at the end of each season, some at the end of the school year.
  7. Next meeting date and location
  8. Tentative January 10, 2011 @ Holy Family University
  9. End of meeting
  10. Called by Janet (Holy Family) at 1:40pm.