All players must compete with their team or program on a regular basis. Players cannot be added only to participate in the WSYL and teams cannot be formed out of a partnership or alliance between two or more standalone clubs. The intention of this rule is prevent the formation of all-star teams for the purpose of participating in the WSYL. At a minimum, players must compete with their team/program for at least two events (outside of a WSYL event), which can consist of tournaments and/or seasonal leagues. These events do not need to precede the qualifier but must precede the Championship event. Tournaments or Leagues must be bonafide events operated by an independent third party. WSYL reserves the right to require proof of participation and legitimacy of these events. All roster eligibility rules will be enforced at the discretion of the WSYL.

Anonymous wrote:That is not how the rule defines teams. The part of the rule you stated has to do with how a player may be a part of a team for purposes of the WSYL. The player has to have played with the team for at least two events.

Any team should compete if they wish. That's the point: team.

Tryouts, open to the public, etc. is nice and was a good idea in theory. However, the rule is very clear about alliances between stand alone clubs.

The definition of a team is very clear, it is three simple things: 1) play two times together 2) live within 100 miles of home field 3) age. That is it. The definition is broad so that a Rec team that newly forms in the Spring can qualify. If it was your way you would make requirements so strict that only top elite teams that have played for years together would be allowed in.

Lol. That isn't even closr to correct. There are B team kids on all the teams that are playing in Delaware this weekend, especially on U14 teams because of all the re-classied 2025s.

Anonymous wrote:Lose the argument, lob an "insult." That's original. Good luck! Hope Black Ops doesn't get disqualified.

What argument? Black Ops is playing this weekend B team kids are not

That is not how the rule defines teams. The part of the rule you stated has to do with how a player may be a part of a team for purposes of the WSYL. The player has to have played with the team for at least two events.

Any team should compete if they wish. That's the point: team.

Tryouts, open to the public, etc. is nice and was a good idea in theory. However, the rule is very clear about alliances between stand alone clubs.

Anonymous wrote:Disagree on relevance. Read carefully. This means that a player may tryout and be picked for a regular team and must play in games with his regular team prior to the championship game. BLC kids do not regularly play for VLC Black Ops.

This is also a very important part of the rule: "...teams cannot be formed out of a partnership or alliance between two or more standalone clubs."

It's one thing to add a kid or two to a "regular team;" it looks like it's impermissible to do what Black Ops did.

Who is to say BO doesn’t continue into the future. Does playing after the WS make it a more legit team? WSYL defines a team as one that has played together in two events. That is TWO events. How is two events regularly playing? The reason they don’t make this rule more restrictive is that some teams are created and disbanded every season such as Rec teams. Are you saying rec teams shouldn’t be allowed to compete? What is restrictive is age and location as evident by submitting birth certificates/passports/report cards etc. There was no documentation required to show “regularly playing”.

As far as an alliance clause, the team was formed in open tryouts for the general public. Anyone was allowed to tryout. Kids from all the area clubs were invited to show up, nobody was turned away.

Lose the argument, lob an "insult." That's original. Good luck! Hope Black Ops doesn't get disqualified.

Anonymous wrote:No need to be defensive, and just because other teams do something doesn't make it right.

Take a deep breath buddy. Your kid/team will get to play. But if he's on a team that was formed out of a partnership or alliance between two or more standalone clubs, there'll forever be an *.

Sounds like bitterness as lax mom’s B team kid thought they would get called up for the WSYL team because all the A team kids are too old but black ops was formed crushing her dreams of watching her son on ESPN

No need to be defensive, and just because other teams do something doesn't make it right.

Take a deep breath buddy. Your kid/team will get to play. But if he's on a team that was formed out of a partnership or alliance between two or more standalone clubs, there'll forever be an *.

Anonymous wrote:Disagree on relevance. Read carefully. This means that a player may tryout and be picked for a regular team and must play in games with his regular team prior to the championship game. BLC kids do not regularly play for VLC Black Ops.

This is also a very important part of the rule: "...teams cannot be formed out of a partnership or alliance between two or more standalone clubs."

It's one thing to add a kid or two to a "regular team;" it looks like it's impermissible to do what Black Ops did.

The players must play in at least two tournaments before the July tournament. All kids will do this. Just like all the add on kids on Madlax Monuments from NL and BLC. Just like all the kids that are on the Southern Stars team that qualified from the south two weeks ago.

We can go on all day....

Give it a rest. You can disagree all you want. You are wrong.

Disagree on relevance. Read carefully. This means that a player may tryout and be picked for a regular team and must play in games with his regular team prior to the championship game. BLC kids do not regularly play for VLC Black Ops.

This is also a very important part of the rule: "...teams cannot be formed out of a partnership or alliance between two or more standalone clubs."

It's one thing to add a kid or two to a "regular team;" it looks like it's impermissible to do what Black Ops did.

Anonymous wrote:The New York teams recruited. Why can’t the DMV teams?

Correct. The NY teams really benefit from the 100 mile rule as well.

The New York teams recruited. Why can’t the DMV teams?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"All players must compete with their team or program on a regular basis. Players cannot be added only to participate in the WSYL and teams cannot be formed out of a partnership or alliance between two or more standalone clubs. The intention of this rule is prevent the formation of all-star teams for the purpose of participating in the WSYL."

Well this is interesting...

You need to read the rest of the paragraph. The part that starts with “as a minimum”. Everything before that is irrelevant.

Anonymous wrote:"All players must compete with their team or program on a regular basis. Players cannot be added only to participate in the WSYL and teams cannot be formed out of a partnership or alliance between two or more standalone clubs. The intention of this rule is prevent the formation of all-star teams for the purpose of participating in the WSYL."

Well this is interesting...