The Eligibility Officer will review the grade seven (7) eligibility application to ensure that all of the following conditions are met (for a complete list refer to our handbook):
- Grade seven (7) student-athletes must be registered as a student at the school applying for the exemption.
- Grade seven (7) student-athletes can only participate on grade eight (8)/ bantam TEAM sports.
- Grade seven (7) student-athletes cannot participate in the individual sports of aquatics, cross country, gymnastics, mountain biking, skiing/snowboarding, track and field, or wrestling.
- Grade eight (8)/ bantam student-athletes cannot be registered on the member school’s more senior team for the requested team sport.
- Grade seven (7) student-athletes being allowed to participate in a grade eight (8)/bantam level teams is to allow a member school to field a grade eight (8)/bantam level team which otherwise would not happen due to an insufficient number of grade (8) student-athletes wanting to participate.
- The number of grade seven (7) student-athletes on the given team must not exceed the number of grade eight (8)/bantam level student-athletes.
- The maximum number of student-athletes on the given team must not exceed the BCSS minimum numbers required to field the team. Refer to Section 27.5.1
