2002
PRESIDENT:
VICE PRESIDENT:
SECRETARY:
TREASURER:
REGISTRAR: Sheila Fry
BOARD OF DIRECTORS POLICY #92-4, AMENDMENT 1
ISSUED:
EFFECTIVE:
REISSUED:
SUBJECT: SPORTS PROGRAM TRYOUTS/PLACEMENTS
I. STATEMENT OF POLICY:
1. Dates and locations for all
tryouts/placements sessions for CAC sponsored sports programs will be announced
in the local media and posted on the CAC web-site at least three (3) weeks
prior to the first session.
2. All CAC participants shall
be afforded the opportunity to earn a position on any CAC sponsored team,
including select teams, within a CAC sponsored program by a demonstration of
talent and ability. As such, there shall be a minimum of two (2) tryout dates
on different and non-consecutive days of the week for all CAC sponsored
sports programs and teams that require cuts and/or placements. Intramural
programs are excluded.
3. It shall be the policy of
CAC sports programs to make every effort to see that the qualifications and
abilities of applications or participants are judged equitably, honestly, and
fairly.
II. METHODOLOGY:
1.
CAC tryouts/placements will be overseen by the coaches from the
applicable age group, under the direction of their respective commissioner or designee.
An evaluation/rating system must be in place prior to the first session.
2.
A separate evaluator or rating panel will be established to
independently assess and rank the qualifications and abilities of applicants or
participants, concurrently with the coach or coaches. Coaches or parents who do not have any interest in the results of the participants can be
used. Commissioners from different
sports should assist each other in this effort as much as possible.
3.
At the conclusion of the tryouts/placements, the commissioner or
designee should compare evaluations from the evaluators or rating panel and
coaches looking for any discord which may exist with the coaches’ evaluations. The sport commissioner should then meet with the coach or
coaching staff and determine the reason for any variance. Team selection should be conducted in the
presence of all coaches (within their respective age group), and the
commissioner.
4.
Applicants or participants with the highest ratings should be placed on the most competitive team. Thus, remaining applicants or participants
should be placed according to their respective rating. The sport commissioner shall make the final determination in case of any ties, taking into
consideration if necessary the following “tie breakers”:
a)
An applicant or participant shall be awarded some precedence if they
are in their last year of eligibility for the team on which they are trying out
for. In other words, a child who must
move up to an older age bracket the following year will benefit more from being
in the top team in that age bracket over a child who may return to the top team
in that age bracket the following year.
b)
A Crofton resident who lives within the “community” boundaries as
defined in Article II, Section 1, paragraph c, shall have precedence on all
cases over a player who lives outside of the boundaries.
III. DEFINITIONS:
1. Tryout: A competitive and
equal
2. Placement: A competitive and equal
IV. DISTRIBUTION
1. Distribution to all Crofton
Athletic Council Board Members, Commissioners, and Coaches.
2.
Publication on the CAC Web Site.
Signed:
_____________________________
BY
VOTE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS