Rules and Regulations pertaining to Unified Basketball & Cheer at Brewer High School:
MPA Rules/MPA Bulletin <-- Click here to download the MPA Bulletin to read more about Unified Athletics for the Winter of 2015/2016.
Special Olympics Unified Sports Information <-- Click here to download the Special Olympics information sheet to learn more about Unified Athletics.
Summary of Unified Athletics:
Unified Athletics are interscholastic, extracurricular offerings and opportunities made available to students with special needs by partnering these students with mainstream students from the regular education setting.
Unified Basketball & Cheer are co-ed offerings.
"Unified Players" need to account for 80% of a teams scoring and participation. At all times during basketball game play, there needs to be at least 3 "Unified Players" on the court.
"Partner Players" will help facilitate the play of the game and can only account for 20% of a teams scoring during the course of a game. There can only be 2 "Partner Players" on the court.
At Brewer High School, the following selection criteria will be used when choosing "Partner Players" for the basketball program:
1. Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) Member.
2. Seniors have first option through an application process of non-SAAC members.
*A maximum of 22 individuals may be on a Unified teams roster, this includes any and all student-coaches, Unified Players and Partner players.
Student-Coaches:
1. SAAC Member.
2. Interest in coaching or teaching beyond high school.
3. Varsity Basketball team member (varsity team members are not permitted to play).