Forty topics are on the agenda at the Hawaii Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association legislative meeting that starts today and runs through Thursday at the Kauai Marriott Resort.

Adding replay review to the televised football state tournament games at Aloha Stadium is sure to be discussed at length and it’s likely to be voted on.

Replay has been approved at the national level for state tournaments.

“Replay is great as long as it’s implemented properly and everybody understands the process,” said Matt Sumstine, the head of officials at Hawaii state football tournaments. “If people are well informed and everybody agrees on the process, I think it’s a great asset for the game.

“Ideally, it’s there to change the catastrophe, to correct the botched call (in an important situation), when, because of split-second timing or because an official inaccurately judges a call, there are game-changing implications. That’s the value.”

Some coaches have said they’re not sure if they are in favor of replay reviews at states because of the inherent inconsistency in that regular-season games would not have the replay tool.

Earlier this year, replay was used at the girls basketball state tournament championship game. Basketball rules stipulate that replay can be used to determine if a shot was taken before or after the buzzer to end a period or game. In this case, Kamehameha’s’s Kalina Obrey took a 3-pointer for a tie against ‘Iolani and made it. After review, it was determined the shot was a split-second late. So, instead of an overtime period, the game ended with the Raiders winning 52-49.

Another measure, a football proposal submitted by the OIA, if passed, would add a fifth team to the Division I state tournament. In its written rationale for the idea, the league stated that one team each from the ILH, BIIF and MIL and two teams (instead of one) from the OIA would better reflect the formula for league representation at states (the more teams in a league, the more teams it gets into states).

Among the other noteworthy topics at the HIADA conference are proposals to (the league submitting the proposal is in parentheses):

>> Change soccer state tournament timekeeping from the head referee to a clock operator so official time can be kept on the scoreboard at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. (BIIF).

>> Change seeding criteria for 12-team tournaments in volleyball, basketball, soccer, softball and baseball to give preference to defending champions or state runners-up that go undefeated or have one loss and to teams ranked high in various top-10 polls. (HHSAA).

>> Form a committee to explore three-tier tournaments in other sports aside from football, including in girls sports to comply with the Title IX gender equity law. (ILH).

>> Use the regional format for all Division II 12-team state tournaments. The regional format typically begins on Mondays on a different island than where the weekend finals will be held. Currently, the regional format is only used in D-I for most, but not all sports. (BIIF).

>> Add softball and baseball to the D-I regional format mix. (ILH).

>> Put the KIF into the D-II baseball hosting mix every third year. Currently, the KIF is in a six-year rotation. (KIF).

>> Create a trials event for the 3,000-meter run at the state track and field championships. Currently, there is no preliminary race for that event. (ILH) .

>> Return to a day of rest in between the state track and field trials and finals. Currently, the championships are held on consecutive days. (ILH).

>> Eliminate qualifying standards for the state track and field championships. Instead, the suggestion is to accept the top 24 throughout the season and use the next four as alternates. (ILH).

>> Add the MIL into the state soccer hosting rotation every fourth year. According to HHSAA executive director Chris Chun, this would affect the system in place now that calls for Maui to be a regional host only and in the rotation for volleyball, soccer and basketball. (MIL).