At the bottom of this blog entry, I've posted the section of the Buckeye/MOSSL Consititution posted on the front page of their website regarding tryouts. You can view the whole document by clicking on the title of this blog entry.
According to the rules, any team having tryouts before Memorial Day (U11/U12) or June 1 (U13 and older) or making an offer to a player prior to the first Saturday after Memorial Day (U11/U12) may have their application to play in the league rejected. Furthermore, if the club knows about it, the whole club may be suspended for participation.
Personally, I think its an appropriate rule. Clubs that have tryouts before Memorial Day, which most of us view as the final major weekend of the year should consider their motives. Parents have an obligation to look at the options for their child each year, but to ask kids to start trying out for clubs in the middle of the season and miss their teams practices and games to attend has to be questioned.
The tryout calendar is tight and their is no question that getting commitments first benefits those clubs that do so. But, this is a practice that OSYSA refuses to address, hiding behind the idea that because OESA has the Super Y League they can't prevent USYS tryouts from taking place. So, let me make the statement that as the Boy's DOC at OESA I am committed to not having any tryout - for US Youth Soccer, US Soccer Development Academy, or Super Y League before Memorial Day because it's the right thing to do for the players!
Buckeye/MOSSL
Consitution
Effective 1-13-2008
Consitution
Effective 1-13-2008
IX. Recruiting Players and Holding Tryouts
U-11 thru U-14 teams (includes coaches, players, parents and team supporters) that will be applying to participate in the Buckeye/MOSSL League and current Buckeye/MOSSL teams may NOT contact any player registered to another team participating in Buckeye/MOSSL.
U-15 or older team (includes coaches, players, parents and team supporters) that will be applying to participate in the Buckeye/MOSSL league and current Buckeye/MOSSL teams may NOT contact players from another team or teams, (for the purpose of inviting players to a team’s tryout) until after May 31st.
No team that will be applying to participate in the Buckeye/MOSSL League in the U-11 and U-12 age groups for the coming seasonal year may hold tryouts until after Memorial Day. No team,(including coaches, players, parents and team supporters) may make an offer to be a member of that team until after 8:00 AM on the first Saturday after Memorial Day.
No team that will be applying to participate in the Buckeye/MOSSL League in the U-13 and older age groups for the coming seasonal year may hold tryouts until after May 31st. No team, (including coaches, players, parents and team supporters) may make an offer to be a member of that team until after 8:00 AM on the first Saturday after June 1st.
Failure to comply with this section, IX., before, during or after the formation of a team will result in penalties up to and including suspension of the person or the team involved from BPYSL/MOSSL. In addition, whether or not the team or club involved is a current member of Buckeye/MOSSL, failure to comply with any portion of this Section IX, may result in the rejection of the team or club involved from participation in the Buckeye/MOSSL league during the subsequent seasonal year.
