LHGL Updated Player Pass Rule

In advance of the start of the fall season, LHGL has updated or redefined its Player Pass Rule as follows:

Club Pass Players
The LHGCL board of directors believes that the rule was incorporated in order to fulfill two basic needs:
• Foster the development of players by allowing them to participate within their own club at a higher level of competition without the commitment of a roster transfer.
• To assist teams that may be short sided due to injury, illness, or other commitments.

1. A “Club Pass Player” is defined as a Player that meets all of the following conditions:
2.
a. The Club Pass Player shall be a North Texas State Soccer Association (“NTSSA”) Registered Competitive Player;
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b. The Club Pass Player shall be a member of a NTSSA Competitive Club.

3. A Club Pass Player may play regular season League games for other teams within their Club (referred to as “Receiving Teams” herein) under all of the following restrictions:

a. A Club Pass Player may not “play down” for a team in a younger age group (e.g., an under-15 Club Pass Player may not play on an under-14 Receiving Team);

b. A Club Pass Player may appear on one and only one Game Day Roster on a given day;

4. A Receiving Team may include Club Pass Players on their Game Day Rosters for League games under all of the following restrictions:

a. A Receiving Team (U11 – U17) may include a maximum of 3 Club Pass Players on a single Game Day Roster and must comply with their Game Day Roster limit; Should the addition of Club Pass Player(s) cause the Receiving Team to exceed their Game Day Roster maximum, the Receiving Team must remove the appropriate number of their rostered Players to comply with the Receiving Team’s Game Day Roster limit. For example, suppose an under-14 Receiving Team with a Game Day Roster limit of 18 Players has 17 Players on its roster. If a request is approved for 3 Club Player Pass Players to play for that Receiving Team on a given day, then the Receiving Team must remove at least 2 of its rostered Players from their Game Day Roster to accommodate the 3 Club Pass players and to comply with their Game Day Roster limit of 18 Players. Rostered Players that are removed from the Game Day Roster for this reason may sit on the bench, but may not be dressed in their game uniform.

b. A Receiving team (U11-U17) may include only 1 “division down” Club Pass Player on their Game Day Roster. A “division down” player is defined as one who is rostered to a LHGCL team within the same age group or older age group and from a higher division than that of the Receiving Team. For example, a Receiving Team from U13 Division II may add no more than 1 player to the Game Day Roster from a U13 Division I team.

c. In the final three League games of the Soccer Year (U11 – U17), A Receiving Team may include 1 Club Pass Player on their Game Day Roster. Should the addition of Club Pass Player(s) cause the Receiving Team to exceed their Game Day Roster maximum, the Receiving Team must remove the appropriate number of their rostered Players to comply with the Receiving Team’s Game Day Roster limit.

d. For U19 only, a Receiving Team may include 5 Club Pass Players on their Game Day Roster, and without regard to whether the Player is playing "division up" or "division down".. Should the addition of Club Pass Player(s) cause the Receiving Team to exceed their Game Day Roster maximum, the Receiving Team must remove the appropriate number of their rostered Players to comply with the Receiving Team’s Game Day Roster limit. The 5 player limit will be applicable to all U19 league games and all U19 league playoff games.

e. A Receiving Team may include Club Pass Players on their Game Day Roster if the Receiving Team submits the Club Pass Player request on or before the posted deadline. All instructions and deadlines for Club Pass Player Requests can be found at www.girlsclassicleague.com. The Receiving Team must follow all rules with regard to uniforms (i.e., no duplicate numbers. Refer to LHGCL rules section IV paragraph J)

The Club Pass Player is not required to have a North Texas State Soccer Association Release from their Rostered Team. It is up to the Club to mediate any issues amongst their teams/parents/coaches relating to Club Pass Players.

The LHGCL Board of Directors reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any Club Pass Player.

Any coach/team utilizing a Club Pass Player outside of these rules will be considered to have played and Ineligible Player and will be subject to sanctions/discipline under the rules governing use of an Ineligible Player.

So, does this answer most of the questions that had been raised earlier this year?

InaB,
Thanks for the update!
Can expand or interpret the rule further...

1. The board enumerated basic need of  'development of players ...at higher level of competition" seems to be inconsistent was one "1 down player".  Can one assume playing one player down would fulfill the injury need?

If not player development or excessive injuries, does the following apply?

2.  Can a club still move players around the same division to influence standings, promotion and relegation?

3. Instead of benching healthy players, the club now has to remove them from the game day roster?

Packrabbit wrote:
3. Instead of benching healthy players, the club now has to remove them from the game day roster?

Removing them from the roster is not new. I believe the new piece is that the non playing players will not be able to dress out. This is where the rubber meets the road especially if the sitting dd is healthy and this is an avoiding relegation type decision by the coach.

They also don't address whether using ecnl players is playing "down" which means of course that it isn't in the eyes of LH. So 2 ecnl and 1 from intra division is ok.

Hopefully, the majority of league games are scheduled on the same day which will Dribble decisions.

Dad, you are incorrect in your assumption.

Just dual roster your ecnl players to lower division teams and CCP them up. That was easy!

They are not going to play many games with their LH team anyway!

backofthenet wrote:Dad, you are incorrect in your assumption.

Please elaborate...what assumption is incorrect?

...that ecnl will be overlooked. For CPP purposes ECNL will be considered a higher division or league unless the player is on the NTX Roster for LHGCL. That is my understanding as it pertains to usage of ECNL players.

backofthenet wrote:...that ecnl will be overlooked. For CPP purposes ECNL will be considered a higher division or league unless the player is on the NTX Roster for LHGCL. That is my understanding as it pertains to usage of ECNL players.

I was hoping you would say that... I made several assumptions and hoped that one would be your sticking point. However, their own rule never mentions a player not on another Lake Highlands roster. The real becomes much more palatable if they consider ECNL players that way.

What about intra-division passes?

This what the rule says about "division down" players.

A Receiving team (U11-U17) may include only 1 “division down” Club Pass Player on their Game Day Roster. A “division down” player is defined as one who is rostered to a LHGCL team within the same age group or older age group and from a higher division than that of the Receiving Team. For example, a Receiving Team from U13 Division II may add no more than 1 player to the Game Day Roster from a U13 Division I team.

Nowhere in the CPP rules do the words ELITE CLUB NATIONAL LEAGUE or the acronym ECNL appear. It is completely overlooked/ignored.

My experience over the last 1 1/2 years of CPP's in LH is that anything that is not specifically prohibited, is allowed. After reading the rule a half dozen times and based on my personal experience which spans the entire life of the CPP rule, I have to ask,   
how did you arrive at your understanding?    Because the rule doesn't classify ECNL at all.

I'm not saying you are wrong, but I am saying that the rule DOES NOT classify ECNL players as "division down" players.  The rule doesn't acknowledge that ECNL players exist at all. So how'd you arrive at your understanding?

Just my take on what I've been hearing.

Lateral moves, Dad? 3.

With 7 sting teams in d1 and 3 solar teams (2, we won't do it I don't think). You could face other players from in the division constantly. Especially if schedules have teams on different days...that was another assumption of mine.