LHGCL - Information for Bye Teams

Information for Bye Teams

INFORMATION FOR BYE TEAMS

FOR 2008-2009 SOCCER YEAR

TO TEAMS WITH A BYE: You must turn in to the League Office on or before Wednesday, July 16:

	Your preliminary roster - this is a completed NTSSA Roster, but may exclude the home association registrar’s signature; Please Note: if your team name has changed from the previous soccer year, you need to let us know about the change.
	A check payable to LHGCL for $525.00; and

This information must be in hand, not "it's in the mail" or hand delivered the next day, etc. MAIL IT EARLY! Failure to do so may mean your team forfeits their bye and must participate in the qualifying tournament for entry into Division III and/or your team could be fined $200 plus $50 per day for late registration.

*THE BYE TEAM FEE IS $525.00
All BYE teams pay the same amount, Only one fee per team

YOU MAY SEND YOUR INFORMATION TO THE LEAGUE OFFICE VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, FEDERAL EXPRESS, OR ANY OTHER METHOD THAT REQUIRES A SIGNATURE.

Fall League Coaches Meeting
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:30 pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14315 Midway Road, Addison, Texas

All teams MUST have a representative present at the meeting!

Bring to the meeting and turn in:

	Fall registration fee $650 (make checks payable to LHGCL)
	ONE copy of the team's fully registered, signed roster
	ONE copy of the team’s Got Soccer roster printed from the webpage where the roster appears in your Got Soccer account
	A list of your players and the school (and school district) they attend on 8 ½ by 11 inch paper. Pages torn out of notebooks will not be accepted.
	WRITTEN special scheduling requests (if any) for the 2008-2009 Soccer Year (fall & spring seasons). All special requests (following the guidelines below) must be made in writing and turned in to your Age Division Commissioner at the coaches'/managers' meeting. YOU MUST be very specific about each special request and YOU MUST list a reason for each request and how many players are affected or the request will be ignored. Requests must be on 8 ½ by 11 inch paper. Pages torn out of notebooks will not be accepted.
	A list of coaching conflicts (with teams in LHGCL only) for the 2008-2009 Soccer Year (fall & spring seasons). We will do our best to schedule around coaching conflicts for two teams only. Coaches who coach more than two teams are not guaranteed that all conflicts will be resolved.

Special Scheduling Request Guidelines:

1. Teams may not request any weekends off except teams going to approved tournaments. (Teams may be asked to prove they are going to an approved tournament by showing a copy of the acceptance letter, or some other suitable form of proof.) U17 & U19 teams may request a weekend off in the fall (U16, U17, & U19 in the spring) to attend a “Showcase” tournament. Their requests will be considered on a case by case basis.

2. Teams are allowed to pick 5 specific weekdays (list dates) off - no weekends. (This does NOT mean that you should pick 5 dates to ask off without good cause. A majority of your players must actually be involved in the conflict) Coaches at this level need to take a player's commitment level into account when selecting members of the team.

3. We will do our best to schedule around coaching conflicts for teams (two only) that play in LHGCL. Coaches who coach more than two teams are not guaranteed that all conflicts will be resolved.

4. Spring Break - teams may request one week of weeknights off ONLY if a majority of their players are actually going out of town for spring break. No weekends will be given off for Spring Break. Travel plans should be made to leave late Sunday afternoon, and return the next Friday so players will be available for play on Saturday and/or Sunday. Don’t forget that Sunday’s are often used for make-up games.

5. Only U17 and U19 teams can request Saturday mornings off for SAT and ACT.

CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON SPECIAL SCHEDULING REQUESTS

SEASON DATES: Weeknight games will begin during the week of August 18. Saturday games will begin on Saturday, August 23. We will not schedule games over the Labor Day weekend. We try to end the fall season around the 1^st weekend of November, but we cannot guarantee it will end that weekend in the event of rainouts. DO NOT SCHEDULE ANY TOURNAMENTS NOVEMBER 8-9. THIS WEEKEND IS RESERVED FOR RAINOUT MAKEUP GAMES.