I. Registering a Team:
A. Each team in a member club is automatically accepted in the league. There is no paper work to fill out to sign up as a team. To register players, each team must submit an up to date roster to the League Administrator for players to be entered into the system. Generally, this is done with each Club Coaching Director.
B. Once a player's information is entered into the team data base that player cannot be removed from your team without going thru the league administrator. This protects your team’s players.
C. The league fees for the season for age groups U-15 & older is $250.00; the league fees for U-14 teams will be $350.00. League fees will be collected by the Club Directors and turned in at the June 23rd Board Meeting. If it is necessary to mail registration fees in, then mail them to Club Directors League, 2140 Drew St. Suite C, Clearwater, Fla. 33765.
ALL TEAM FEES MUST BE SUBMITTED Between June 23rd and July 15th, 2006
Payments may be made per team in the form of check or money order or they can be made per club for all teams in the league in the form of check or money order. Please do not send cash. ALL CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO---CDL.
D. Please protect your team’s pass word and be very careful who has access to your team page.
E. All players need to register with FYSA thru their club to obtain a FYSA player pass. You must be registered with FYSA and have a FYSA player pass to play in the league. The temporary FYSA pass is acceptable for league play.
ALL CDL CLUBS NEED TO KNOW THAT WHEN THE FYSA STATE REGISTRATION IS FILLED OUT ONLINE, WHEN IT ASKS FOR LEAGUE, YOU NEED TO PUT CDL.
F. All coaches, ass't coaches and managers who intend to be on a team's sideline of a game in league play and be responsible for a team must be registered with FYSA and have a FYSA coach's pass. ADULTS WHO DO NOT HAVE A FYSA PASS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE SIDELINE OF A GAME IN LEAGUE PLAY.
II. League Structure:
A. Fall Competition shall consist between U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17 & U-18/19 both boys and girls. The U-19 age groups are a combined U-18 & 19's. Winter competition shall consist of U-13 and U-14 Boys and Girls.
B. Game Day will consist of all teams of one club playing all teams of the opposing club on one day at one venue. The venues shall be the home fields of the clubs designated as home on game day per the league schedule. Every effort will be made to have full age groups but there may be some age groups that are short a team in such a case there may be some game days when an age group will not have a game.
C. The Fall League season for 2006 shall begin on August 27th and stop Oct. 21st(with a few exceptions) for the High School Season. The Fall Season, Winter and Spring Season will each stand alone. The U-14B, U-14G, U-13B and U13G will play a Winter Season starting in Nov. and ending in March. The Spring Season will start in March and be primarily to prepare for State Cup with limited play most likely to 3 weekends.
D. The Fall Season will have each age group both Boys and Girls with their own Age Group Championship based on the standings in that age group. There will also be an Overall Club Championship based on points accumulated by each team in their club for the whole season. The Winter Season will have age group Championships both boys and girls but no Overall Club Championship. The Spring Season will have only games, no awards or standings.
1. Scoring System for teams competition:
Win----- 3 pts.
Tie----- 1 pts.
Loss--- No Points
There no longer will be any "Bye wins, or Bye ties". A game must be played or forfeited for any points to be awarded.
2. There will be no tie breakers in league play. All games stand as scored at the end of regulation play.
3. Teams winning their Age Group Championships will be awarded a team trophy. Age group standings which end in a tie for 1st place between 2 or more teams after regulation league play will remain tied for 1st place and all teams will receive a team trophy with each declared a Co-Champion".
4. The Fall Overall Club Championship for the whole league will be determined by accumulating the total number of points that each team in a club ( Boys & Girls teams ) scores from week to week through the whole season. The Overall Club Champion will receive a rotating League Championship Trophy. Each club's name will be permanently inscribed on the trophy but the trophy will be returned each season to be presented to the new Club winner for that Season's Championship. If two clubs are tied for the Club Championship after all the points have been tallied, then the league will have dual Club Champions, both names will be put on the rotating trophy and each Club will have the trophy for one-half of the following year for display.
5. Each club is required to have 10 teams in the league, 5 Girls & 5 Boys teams. If a club has less than 10 teams, they will have a decided disadvantage because they will have less teams scoring pts. for their club. If a club has less than 10 teams they cannot create more games during the league season to make up for shorted games. Fill in teams from outside the CDL will only be allowed if approved by the CDL Board. All guest teams can win their age group championships but they do not score points for the club they are playing for inregards to the overall Club Championship. Guest teams play all their home games at the club they are playing for but are allowed to wear their own team uniforms.
E. All games must be played as scheduled. There will be no make-up games unless weather conditions prevent play or if the CDL Board makes allowances for such make-up games. . If a game is cancelled because of weather, the league administrator will reschedule the game. If a team fails to show, the game will be forfeited. If a coach is unable to coach his team on game day, the club needs to provide a substitute coach. If a team is short players, the league allows for players to play up as guest players. Players are not allowed to play down unless they are playing up on a permanent roster and are truly age eligible to play down.
F. Each team is responsible for their own travel expenses, housing, water, ice, trainer, uniforms, soccer balls, coaching expenses and referee fees.
G. League Assignor: The league will have a state approved Referee Assignor who will be paid by the league to assign each game with a center referee and the line referee including the 4th referee. No club will have to have it's own in house assignor. However, the league assignor will need the help and assistance of each club to provide names of qualified referee's who can be on the list to be assigned to games that will be played at each club's venue.
III. League Operation:
A. Game Officials: Ages 17-19 will be assigned 4 referees. There will be a center ref, 2 side linesmen and a 4th sideline referee who will control entry into the game, monitor spectators, be available as a substitute referee if necessary and supervise red carded players. Ages 13-16 will have 3 referees.
There will be no protests allowed in league play of any referee call during any game. If a yellow/red card is issued to a player or coach, either coach may submit a supplemental report to the site director explaining any unusual circumstances that might affect the league's decision on game assessments which will be placed with the other game reports by the referee & submitted to the league.
Game Officials will do a check-in of each player prior to the start of each game checking the player's pass against the player, matching the player's picture with the player and verifying the player in on the game roster. All guest players must be listed on the game report by the start of play. Players arriving late to a game can be checked-in late by the game officials and can begin play if they meet all the normal check-in rules. Referees can check all player equipment for safety and compliance with FYSA rules. Shin guards are required for all age groups. Screw-in cleats are now permitted by FYSA for all age groups. Jewelry, if not removable, must be taped to the body to prevent injury to self or another player. Girls are permitted to protect their upper body with the arms with the palms facing in.
NO HARD CASTS ARE ALLOWED BY ANY PLAYER!
Home Team has choice of uniform/color. Visting team shall change uniform colors if there is a conflict. The home team shall have the fields marked, nets on the goals, and corner flags in place.
In game play, if a game is called prior to the begining of the 2nd half, no score will be recorded and the game will be rescheduled. If the 2nd half begins and the game is called before the end of regulation play, the game will be scored according to what the score was when the game was called and there will be no rescheduling.
B. Referee Fees:
For Age Groups 17-19: Game fees shall be $100 per game: Center $40, each line $20 and the 4th ref $20. Each team pays half the fees ( $50 ) on game day before the game starts to the center referee. The league does not pay any referee fees. If a team fails to show for a game, the referee fees must still be paid by both teams. If weather cancels the entire venue and 24 hr. notice can be given to the referee assignor, then no referee's will show and no fees are due. If game time arrives, both teams are present, and the referee's are present but the venue is unplayable and the game(s) is officially cancelled, then ½ of the fees are paid. All efforts should be made to play the game if possible such as moving to other fields at the venue, or waiting a sufficient time for conditions to improve or moving the delayed game to later in the day and resuming the venue schedule a few hrs. later. If a game is moved to later in the day or to another field or even to another venue and all parties can relocate, then only the regular game fees are paid at the time of the replayed game. If a game is called prior to the end of the game, the referees receive and keep their full pay.
For Age Groups 13-16: Game fees shall be $80 per game: Center $40, each line $20 with only 3 referees per game. Each team is to bring 1/2 of the game fees to each game ($40).
C. Team Rosters/Game Reports: All Game Reports for each game will be automatically generated from the league web site. Each venue game day will have a Site Director who will access the web page in advance of game day and generate game reports for each game and present them to the referees at each game. The game reports will automatically have the team rosters printed on them. The maximum roster limit for any team is 18 players. There will be no need for coaches or managers of teams to fill out game reports themselves or for teams to have rosters approved by the local District Commissioner. Once a team enters their players into the league data base thru the registration process, the data base feeds the game reports/rosters automatically.
If a player(s) is to play up or guest play on a team for that game, the coach needs to approach the Site Director or Referee BEFORE THE GAME STARTS, advise him/her that a player(s) is playing up, present their pass(s), & hand write the player(s) data on the game report/roster. The Guest Player will be checked in with the rest of the team to verify who they are. NO player will be allowed to play down in age to a team. The Venue Site Director/Referees have the responsibility to verify a guest player's pass as being FYSA, the same club, that the player is playing up and not down, pictured, laminated and valid. The opposing team coach has the right to ask the referee to see the roster changes the other team has made and review the verifed pass. All protests to guest players by an opposing coach/team must be made before the game begins and to the referee or Site Director and must be on the grounds of an invalid FYSA pass, player age eligibility or that the roster has exceeded 18.
D. Players Playing Up (Called Guest Players): Teams will be allowed to play players up from a younger team for a game on any game day. Coaches are encouraged not to overplay players---- players are encouraged not to play in more than 2 games per day. The spirit of this rule is to help teams short of players on a game day or to reward a younger player by moving him up for an occasional game. Coaches are encouraged to not take advantage of this rule by constantly playing a player up to an older team. The guest playing should be done on "an as needed basis", should be done in consultation with the club's DOC and should always be done with the well being of the player in mind. Abuse of this rule will be subject to review by the league's Board of Directors.
Guest players are entered on the game report prior to the start of a game with the help of a Site Director or Referee and are entered at an available roster space because a team does not have 18 on the game day roster or they take the place of a regular rostered player for that team that is not playing by scratching the player off the roster and writing in over top.
The acid test of a guest player being age eligible to play on a team is the DOB on his player pass. Generally the team code on a player pass will be sufficient to determine whether a player is age eligible. But it is possible of a few situations that would be unique: Such as a player who is playing up on a team on their permanent roster who would want to come down to his own age group for guesting. In this case, the players birthday would be used to determine eligibility because his team code would indicate he was moving down.
Guest players, as a general rule, may not play up by anymore than 2 age groups. The maximum number of guest players is 4 for any team for a game. The U-14 teams may accept guest players from their own club U-13 teams if that player has a valid FYSA pass and follows game day roster procedures. NO players younger than U-13 may play up to the U-14 teams and U-13 players may not play up any greater than the one team up to a U-14 team.
A maximum of 4 players will be allowed to play up on any team at one time. A game day roster/game report must have room on it to add guest players. Either there must be a player space on the roster because there are less than 18 players rostered to the team or players must be crossed out who are not playing . All player passes must be checked by the referee prior to the game starting against the roster including the guest players. Players playing on a U-13 team in the same club may play up on the CDL U-14 team for game day if they can present a FYSA player pass and follow game day roster procedures with the referee.
NO PLAYERS OUTSIDE YOUR CLUB CAN GUEST PLAY FOR YOUR CDL TEAMS.
The U-19 teams shall consist of both U-18 players and U-19 players. There will not be a U-18 team age group. The U-19 teams may have any number mix of players on their rosters for game day. The U-18 players shall not be classified as guest players on the U-19 teams. Only players on the U-17 teams or younger will be classified as guest players playing up to the U-19 teams. A U-19 team could have all U-18 players on it's roster and be legal for league play.
E. Post Game Procedures: The Game Report for each game should be signed by both coaches after the game. The referee completes his part, keeps any player/coaches passes that are red carded, fills out any supplemental reports and gives all of this to the Site Director. There are no copies of game reports that are kept by the teams after the game. There are no game scores that need to be called in or any game reports that are needed to be mailed or faxed to anyone. The Site Dir. at each venue will forward the game reports and all passes retained by the referee because of red card violations to the league administrator. All game reports will be posted on the web page by Wednesday the following week along with a yellow card / red card report.
All game results, age group league standings, club championship standings, and yellow/red card assessments will be posted on the league web page for review.
F. REVISED SUBSTITUTION RULE FOR LEAGUE PLAY IN 2006
Ages 17-19: Substitution Rule: A team will be allowed up to 7 regular substitutions and ONE RE-ENTRY SUBSTITUTION per half of play. The General Rule is that when a player is substituted for in a half of play, he cannot re-enter that same half. However, the revised RE-ENTRY RULE states that a coach may have ONE PLAYER per half re-enter the game. This revised rule will help with injuries late in a half and permits league rules to correspond to NCAA rules for the 2004-2005 season. To restate this rule, if a player leaves the field of play per half and is substituted for by another player, he may not enter the same half unless he is designated as the one allowable RE-ENTRY PLAYER PER HALF. The 4th game official should be alerted that such a player is the RE-ENTRY PLAYER when it is time for the player to re-enter the half and so note it on the game report. This verbal notice to the 4th game official will be necessary because the player attempting to re-enter the game will not have a player pass to present having already entered the half the 1st time with his pass.
At game time, the coach presents the starting 11 player passes to the referee and as each new player enters the half his pass is also presented to the referee. At half time, all the passes are given to the coach and the coach represents his starting 11 player passes to begin the 2nd half. In the 2nd half of play, each new player entering the game will again present his pass to the referee and each team will be allowed one re-entry player for the 2nd half of play.
A player may leave the field of play with referee permission because of injury, heat stress or equipment repair and return to the field as long as their is no substitution for that player. In such cases, his team would be playing down a player until he returns.
Ages 13-16: These age groups will play the normal FYSA Substitution rules which is unlimited subs per game. The substitutions may be made at any stoppage of play per referee discretion. There is no limit how many times a player may come in or out of a game. Rerferees should hold the passes for each team but for these age groups a player does not have to present a pass to enter the game.
G. Yellow Card / Red Card Violations: The CDL abides by all FYSA guidelines for assessing game suspensions. After each game the Center Referee will fill out the game report and any necessary supplemental reports stating clearly exactly what happened in the game that caused the giving a card. The referee shall not decide how many games a player/coach receives for suspension but rather will accurately report what happened. The league will review all red card violations and follow FYSA guidelines in giving suspensions.
Players receiving a straight RED CARD will be assessed a minimum one game suspension and will be subject to additional games based on the referee report and review by the league. The CDL follows all FYSA guidelines for red card violations. A player receiving 2 yellow cards in one game will be removed from that game and will serve a minimum one game suspension.
VIOLENT CONDUCT against another player, coach, or referee will be deemed for any of the following: striking with a closed fist, open hand, or other body part; kicking, spitting, fighting, biting, throwing anything; directed foul and abusive language, exposure of private parts; or any other activity harmful to someone as deemed by the referee and all FYSA rules and regulations regarding Red Card Violations.
FOUR YELLOW CARDS in league play during the course of the season shall cause a player to be suspended for one league game to be served in the next regular scheduled league game in that player's own age group and cannot be worked off as a guest player. The suspended player will not be allowed to play as a guest player until his game is served. This rule was amended on 8/27/03 to go from 3 yellows to 4 yellows before being assessed a game to sit.
A player receiving a 4th yellow card at the end of the season and who does not serve his one game suspension, will be required to serve his one game suspension the following season. To restate this rule, the one game suspension for a 4th yellow card in league play will carry over to the next league season.
RED CARD SUSPENSIONS must be served by a player in the next regular scheduled game of his own regular age group. Players cannot guest play or work off red card suspensions as a guest player in league play. If a player has multiple games to serve, he must serve them in is own age group in league play. If tournament play comes between league games then the player must serve his games in that tournament and document those games sat on the game reports and present copies of those game reports to the league administrator to receive credit for time served and have his pass released for future play. COACHES who are ejected from a game per FYSA rules must also serve games assessed in the next regular scheduled game of the age group of the ejection; they must miss any games of other team's games in between.
Players playing in multiple leagues simultaneously who receive a red card in CDL play must serve their game suspension(s) in the next regular scheduled game even including non-CDL league games. The player needs to present a copy of the game report from the other league documenting he sat a game to get credit and receive his player pass back to resume play in the CDL. This is an FYSA rule that says players must serve red card games in the next sanctioned FYSA game except in State Cup.
IV. Rules of the Game:
A. Duration of the Game:
U-17 thru U-19--------2 periods of 45 minutes each
U-15 thru U-16--------2 periods of 40 minutes each
U-14 --------2 periods of 35 minutes each
B. Rest between each equal half shall be a minimum of 5 minutes.
C. Referees on very hot days may temporarily stop play in the middle of a half to permit players to get a drink in order to prevent injury due to dehydration and sun stroke. Safety of the players on the field is of the utmost importance at all times and coaches may ask a referee for time to remove a player from the field of play if it appears that player is in peril.
D. Old Rule: New Rule: Effective 9/24/03
Substitutions of players may be made: Substitutions may be made at any stoppage of play with Referee
appproval. This rule will allow coaches to make quicker substitutions.
E. Game Officials: The referee's jurisdiction begins with his/her arrival and ends with their departure from the complex. Harassment or assault on a referee will be deemed an extremely serious offense and the league will report such incidents to FYSA. An official may delay or abandon a game depending on field conditions, weather, absence of a team scheduled to play or any situation harmful to the players. Please be aware---- Florida has recently passed a new law that makes it a felony to strike or assault a game official in youth sports!!! If you assult a referee you not only will face FYSA charges, but you can be arrested and prosecuted by the State of Florida.
V. Final Word:
The league has a league administrator whose job it is to manage the league. He will be the 1st person to contact regarding the week to week running of the league. If a coach, parent or player has a gripe or complaint he/she should contact their Director of Coaching to discuss the problem 1st. If the DOC feels the complaint needs to to be brought to the league then the league administrator and the league board can be involved.
