I am trying to understand this topic - I know that athletes cannot participate in outside contests during season, but where I'm at a loss is why they can't watch. I asked all of our coaches and our AD and nobody at my school knew anything about the athletes not being able to attend as a spectator. Does this mean that a basketball player cannot go to a professional basketball game, OR watch his/her younger sibling play biddy basketball? Many of our high school basketball players in the past were hired to referee Saturday morning biddyball games. Have the rules changed? I guess I'm just abit dense on this issue.