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December 07
AAU on CBS, HBO, and Disney Channel *NEW*

Watch AAU Athletes in Action

The AAU will be featured three times on National Television over the course of the next couple of months. Set times for the shows are unavailable at this time for all time zones so keep your eyes open for your local listings.


December 13th – The Sportsman of the Year Awards on CBS. The show features Anthony Anderson, a 12 year old from Fresno, California. He will be receiving an award for his accomplishments in Track and Field during the AAU Junior Olympic Games.


December 20th – Playing the Field: Sports and Sex in America on HBO. The show features the AAU of yesteryear, when beauty pageants were held after Womens’ Basketball games. Pictures and old video footage shot of our events will be used.


January 7th – Totally Hoops on The Disney Channel. This show will air 15 different episodes about the Dayton Lady Hoopstars 13:U Basketball team and their AAU season. From tryouts to nationals, you will be there to watch the season progress. The show runs from January 7th to February 25th.


Check your local listings for times and channels.

DEAD PERIOD BEGINS NOVEMBER 1

August 24, 2000 - With the start of school basketball just two months away, it's time for a reminder about the NC AAU "dead period" for school age players. From the first day of school practice, or from November 1, 2000, whichever comes first, until the last game of the school season including conference tournaments and state championship playoffs, no NC AAU team may hold a practice, open gym, try out, or any other type of basketball workout or competition with any player whose school team is still playing. This applies to middle school, junior high school and high school players in both public and private schools.

Last year there were several reports of violations of this rule, but we did not have the time or resources to investigate. This year, all complaints will be investigated, and coaches found to have knowingly and willfully violated this rule will be subject to penalties up to and including suspension from coaching in AAU sanctioned events for a period of time as determined by the NC AAU Girls' Basketball Committee Board of Review.

This rule does not apply to 2000-2001 teams in the 10U (born in 1990) and 11U (born in 1989) age groups as these girls are generally 6th grade or lower and do not play school ball. In areas where the middle school basketball season extends past March 15th, tryouts and practices for 12U and 13U teams can begin in late February and include affected players ONLY on weekends, as long as the AAU event does not interfere with an event planned by the school coach.