Commitment to Excellence:
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www.bcaasports.com is your direct link to the nation’s premier high school athletic conference, the Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA). During the 2005-06 school year, our website received over 1.6 million hits. Our goal is to take you right onto the playing field, in the huddle, in the locker room and on the court. We will bring you game highlights, complete game video’s, special reports on athletes, weekly updated news reports and live broadcasts of games.
The BCAA is committed to support the players who make high school sports the best game in town. Over 14,500 high school students play sports under the BCAA umbrella. High school sports is about passion, pageantry and love for the game. High school athletes play for the opportunity to wear their school’s colors and jersey. Through www.bcaasports we seek to utilize the Internet as a vehicle to promote high school athletics and student opportunities for post-secondary education. Our website is designed for the fan, the player, the scout and the high school/college coach.
The BCAA in partnership with the School Board of Broward County will make history through the weekly airing of the BCAA TV Game of the Week. Each and every week through football season a BCAA football game will be aired on Channel 19, the cable access channel for BECON. Over 1.8 million homes in Broward County will have ready access to the game of the week broadcast. The game will be aired live and then re-broadcasted the following Tuesday.
The BCAA website will feature a weekly column by high school sports guru, Larry Bluestein. From Key West to Tallahassee, Larry Bluestein is recognized as the insider on Florida high school sports. Larry makes his home right here in Broward County. He knows the coaches and the players. His columns are honest, insightful and informative. Larry Bluestein is a longtime friend and supporter of the BCAA. We welcome Larry’s weekly contribution to our web site…Bluestein’s Corner.
Our website will continue to feature the award winning Internet Game of the Week. This video feature is a five-minute capsulation of a BCAA game with player and coach interviews and exciting game action. The Internet game of the week will continue through the winter and spring, showcasing exciting championships in basketball, track and field, baseball and other BCAA sports. For the second year in a row, our website will feature video clips from Varsity Sports Sunday, a high school sports show televised on Sundays, and aired on UPN, Channel 33.
The BCAA is committed to showcasing the student athlete through all forms of media and communication. The BCAA’s print media sponsor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel provides Broward County readers in depth and up close coverage of high school sports throughout the school year. The Sun-Sentinel/BCAA partnership proudly presents the 10th Annual North vs. South Football and Cheerleaders All-Star game on December 14, 2006. Selected BCAA games will also be aired live on radio by Arena Advertising and Sports Marketing.
With over 50 special events ranging from baseball showcases to football all-star games, to county championships the BCAA is the leader in recognizing and promoting the student athlete. Our goal is to produce special events that showcase the student athletes to college coaches, fans and the community at large. Participation in sports and athletic competitions help prepare students to become productive citizens. Through sports, students learn the importance of teamwork, cooperative learning and problem solving.
The BCAA recognizes the importance and value of education. The term “student athlete” recognizes the importance of being a student first, with athletic endeavors second. All student athletes from 9 – 12 grade must maintain a minimum of a 2.0 GPA. Students who fall below this standard are ineligible to play. The BCAA gives special recognition annually to scholar athletes. Each and every year the BCAA conducts two scholar athlete banquets. Seven students from each BCAA school are recognized and provided a keepsake gift. In addition, the BCAA distributes over $100,000 in scholarship dollars to scholar athletes. The names and schools of the scholar athletes are listed on the website for the entire school year. These athletes are role models who demonstrate a commitment to excellence in the classroom and field or court of play.
Background on the BCAA
The Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) is the largest high school athletic conference in Broward County and the second largest in the state of Florida. The BCAA is a unit of the School Board of Broward County overseeing 23 sports programs at member high schools. The BCAA is comprised of 28 public schools, two private schools and two charter schools.
The Broward County Public School system operates a comprehensive interscholastic athletic program at the middle and high school levels. The school system has designated the Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) as the governing body for high school sports. The objective of the BCAA, in cooperation with the Florida High School Athletics Association, shall be to protect the interests of the high schools and student athletes belonging to and participating in this association, to promote pure amateur athletic sports and to foster such other activities as the organization may decide to sponsor.
The BCAA also directs the operation of the school system’s middle school interscholastic sports programs. At the middle school level, approximately 40 public middle schools may participate in 16 interscholastic sports programs through the Middle School Athletic Association (MSAA). For further information on middle schools, please check out the MSAA link.
The BCAA is committed to recognize educational and athletic achievement. The BCAA sponsors over fifty special events (see special events) including all-star games, scholar athlete banquets, SAT prep classes, combines, showcases and recruiting fairs.
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