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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My opinion on this is that clubs should be required to designate their teams' pecking order with state registration systems. For league seasons (fall and spring combined) limit that a player on the permanent roster cannot play "down" a level more than thrice a year and that no more than 3 higher level players can play down in a single match. The "3 and 3" rule. Also, no skipping down two levels if the club is that large. Lower level players would be allowed to play up a level on an unlimited basis. Standard game-day rostering sizes apply.

For tournaments, only three guest players allowed, max.  Guest players include club-pass or outside of club players. This again limits the ability to stack teams to make club look better and deeper than they really are and provides paying customers of lower level teams with ample league and tournament playing opportunities.  Always make it "3" so that refs, coaches, parents, and toruney officials don't get confused and can't realistically claim that "they did not know the rule".
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No, if you are a player on a B, C, or D team your playing time should always be in question. If a better player in the club does guest play on the B or C team yes they should get a majority of the minutes over weaker players. That is how it is supposed to work. The takeaway that disgruntled parents should walk away with is how can their DD get to the A team players level and not worrying about your little B or C team silo.  [/quote]

I disagree with this. B or C or D players should get the playing time they deserve on their level of team and not be displaced by A team players. That is what they are paying for. They are paying to play, to be coached, and to improve.  They are not "employees" of the club, in fact quite the opposite they are the customers and once on the team deserve to play as long as they are putting in the work and honoring commitments. Also, there is little to no benefit for an A team player to go play on the B, C, or D team. It just exposes them to more wear and tear and injury due to overuse. Doing this is a self-interest tactic by the club and TD to improve their win to loss ratio at the lower levels.  Also, it is poor sportsmanship for opponents at those lower levels.  There is an A team and B team, etc. for a reason.[/quote]

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