We were not asked to provide any address proof for our kids either.

If FCYBL isn't checking addresses/zip codes, how will they know if a kid is rostered on more than one team? This has happened in the past and was always caught by them.

I have a fifth grader playing in this league for the first time and we haven't been asked to provide any proof of address.

Anonymous wrote:Or it could be that all these kids are from a permitted zip

Yes, that's a possible scenario. There are definitely 2 players from out of zip code, which is the max allowed. So either

(1) there is an almost identical overlap between the zip codes for the existing Nova 94 Feet AAU team and the kids playing on this season's McLean Select A team (minus the two out-of-zip AAU ringers) OR
(2) they have more than 2 out of zip players.

We have no evidence that (1) is not true and apparently FCYBL has no proof that (1) is true.

There is only circumstantial evidence that it seems unlikely that almost an entire AAU team would come from the same few zip codes as the McLean team, kids from last year's A team didn't make the team in order to make room for the new assistant coach's AAU squad, observations that it is an extraordinary number of very tall, very strong players for a handful of McLean zip codes and observations that in a pre season tournament this team completely crushed teams it should have been competitive with (other D1 teams and low level AAU teams).

Seems like a lot of headaches for FCYBL in this division.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How on earth is a coach supposed to know where players on another team live? It’s ridiculous to put that on the coaches. Why not just say “cheating is welcome this year!”

They did not waive the zip code requirements this year. Teams/coaches need to have the required proof (reports cards/SIS). Why FCYBL is not collecting them, as they have in years past, is a good question.

Its basically saying CHEATING IS ALLOWED. By saying the coaches are expected to police their opponents--NO coach is going to demand to see the zip code proof for each kid on the roster. Who has time for that before a game? And after a game, it just looks like sore loser-ing.

So they are telling coaches that they need to bring the SIS reports for each kid to every game?

My kid has never played FCYBL before but our coach/league has not asked us to provide any documentation and he is in the same age group as the team (luckily D2!).

Or it could be that all these kids are from a permitted zip

Anonymous wrote:How on earth is a coach supposed to know where players on another team live? It’s ridiculous to put that on the coaches. Why not just say “cheating is welcome this year!”

They did not waive the zip code requirements this year. Teams/coaches need to have the required proof (reports cards/SIS). Why FCYBL is not collecting them, as they have in years past, is a good question.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How on earth is a coach supposed to know where players on another team live? It’s ridiculous to put that on the coaches. Why not just say “cheating is welcome this year!”

That's the way other travel sports work. Players are carded through umbrella organizations and the coaches are responsible for producing those cards at games if asked.

Yes, but this particular league has zip code rules that must be followed. Other travel sports do not have zip code rules. So a player card or player ID is worthless. That's why in other years the coaches had to collect the SIS documents for each kid.

Anonymous wrote:If I was involved with this team, I would want fcybl to check and confirm it is legit, otherwise the whole season people will be speculating and talking.

Agree. When they beat all the other teams and win the division, no one will believe they didn't cheat if FCYBL isn't verifying anything. Its way too suspect otherwise.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How on earth is a coach supposed to know where players on another team live? It’s ridiculous to put that on the coaches. Why not just say “cheating is welcome this year!”

That's the way other travel sports work. Players are carded through umbrella organizations and the coaches are responsible for producing those cards at games if asked.

There are no cards here. Also the hypothetical cards FCYBL doesn't issue would have to include the player's photo and address including zip code, and the coach would have to compare that against a list of eligible zip codes? That's absurd, to expect a coach to do that.

Anonymous wrote:How on earth is a coach supposed to know where players on another team live? It’s ridiculous to put that on the coaches. Why not just say “cheating is welcome this year!”

That's the way other travel sports work. Players are carded through umbrella organizations and the coaches are responsible for producing those cards at games if asked.

We paid a new administrative fee this year to register but they are not even checking for compliance with the rules? More fees, no service?

If I was involved with this team, I would want fcybl to check and confirm it is legit, otherwise the whole season people will be speculating and talking.

How on earth is a coach supposed to know where players on another team live? It’s ridiculous to put that on the coaches. Why not just say “cheating is welcome this year!”