EADA - Equity in Athletics Data Analysis
Is a good tool to understand historically how many players were considered participants for a specific year. The information is collected in October and provided by December
E.G. in 2019 - University of Kentucky reported 43 players to Department of Education.
Here is how the defines Players:
- Participants are students who, as of the day of a varsity team’s first scheduled contest (A) Are listed by the institution on the varsity team’s roster
- (B) Receive athletically related student aid
- (C) Practice with the varsity team and receive coaching from one or more varsity coaches.
A student who satisfies one or more of these criteria is a participant, including a student on a team the institution designates or defines as junior varsity, freshman, or novice, or a student withheld from competition to preserve eligibility (i.e., a redshirt), or for academic, medical, or other reasons.
- Include: Fifth-year team members who have already received a bachelor’s degree.
- A student who participates on two teams, for example, the football team and the lacrosse team, as a participant on each of the teams.
- Male practice players who are listed on the women’s team roster as of the day of the first scheduled contest should be counted as participants on the women’s team. While the “participant” count will not differentiate between these male and female team members, you must specify in the caveat box the number of opposite sex participants. For example, if your women’s basketball team has 20 total participants, but 3 of them are male students, include 20 in the box for the number of participants and specify in the caveat box that the women’s basketball team’s participants include 17 female students and 3 male students. This is different from a coed team (see below).
- Do not include: Individuals who joined the team after the day of the first scheduled contest.
- If an individual participates on the junior varsity and the varsity team for the same sport, count that individual as one participant for that sport.
- Transgender participants should be counted consistent with their gender identity. For example, a participant who identifies as male should be counted in the same way as other male participants, even if the participant’s records or identification documents indicate a different sex.
- A scheduled scrimmage meets the definition of a team’s first scheduled contest if the score counts. If the scrimmage is played just for fun or practice and the result of the scrimmage doesn't matter in the long run, it wouldn't count.
- Varsity team is a team that is designated or defined by its institution or an athletic association as a varsity team or primarily competes against other teams that are designated or defined by their institutions or athletic associations as varsity teams.
