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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look under Eligibility in the state cup rules. It spells out that teams must participate in league play or there is a $5000 fine if you register for state cup (and say EDP to be eligible) but don’t actually play league games. Only exception is U19. [/quote]

All teams from the 12U through U18U age groups must compete in one or more of the following
leagues: a VYSA member sanctioned league and/or the EDP League and/or the EDP National League
Conference League. The league must consist of at least four teams with the team playing at least three
(3) league games against different opponents during the seasonal year.
If a team participates in VYSA State Cup competition and does not complete the required league play
prior to June 15, 2021, the team will forfeit all VYSA State Cup games played, pay a fine of $500.00,
and the team, if more than 9 players return, will not be allowed to participate in the VYSA State
Championship Series games the following seasonal year. No opponent’s scores or standings in any of
the State Cup games forfeited for this reason will be affected.

So let's take Arlington's Boys U14 ECNL team.  They only compete in ECNL.  They do not compete in EDP or any other VYSA league.  Can they not participate in State Cup?  If they can. how do they get around this rule?[/quote]

Maybe they form a small private league with three other clubs and all play each other?  That would appear to satisfy the rules.[/quote]

But they don't.  I'm very familiar with this team.  They don't play games outside of ECNL.  Hell, the coach won't even let the kids play in tournaments.[/quote]

All the Arlington teams scrimmage regularly don't they?  Would you even know if Arlington had registered a small league for some of those games so they counted?  As far as I can see, that would meet the requirement.
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What type of "small league" is out there that qualifies?[/quote]

Not the PP - but from my reading of the text, it could be anything at all.  As long as a VYSA member club sanctions it and the team plays three games.  For example I think an internal rec league would count.  And I assume a club could just register a league for four teams - similar to an internal rec league from the same club and play games against itself to qualify.  e.g. U12A vs U12B, U12A vs U13A, U13A vs U13B etc.  I'm guessing there are rules for member leagues too, so the leaue would have to meet those requirements whatever they are.  And I'm sure that VYSA would be more than happy to sign off on such a league to help an ECNL team qualify.[/quote]

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