Eligible League Agreements

1)     Inter-League Town/Club Movement

Towns/Clubs may move between leagues subject to the following conditions:

a.      as a condition precedent to changing leagues, a town/club must have been a member of its current league for at least three seasonal* years;

b.      the decision to accept a town/club rests solely with the league to which the town/club has applied for membership;

c.      the entire program of the town/club must be moved;

d.      written notification must be given to the current league prior to the start of a seasonal year (defined as September 1) for changes to take effect at the start of the subsequent seasonal year, but a shorter notice period may be acceptable if agreed to by both the transferor and transferee leagues;

e.      the transferring town/club must be in good financial standing with the league which they are leaving, with the Leagues Committee being the arbiter in instances of dispute; and,

f.        the town/club must maintain membership within the receiving league for a minimum of three complete seasonal years.

(*) = a “seasonal year” is defined as September1 through August 31, annually.

2) PLAYER MOVEMENT:
A player residing in one town can play for a team in another town only when both towns agree on the move and it has league approval. If either town is opposed to the player move, the player will be required to play with the team from the town that he/she resides in. NOTE: If there is no team available for the player in his/her town, he/she can play on the team of his/her choice.

Any player, who wishes to transfer from one league to another league, must have a written agreement from both town organizations and both league presidents for the transfer to be valid for MTOC eligible teams.

If a town decides to move a player of one town not wanting the move, that town's teams will not be eligible for MTOC competition. If a team decides to accept a player in spite of the town's not wanting the move, that team will not be eligible for MTOC play.

There are clubs that overlap with towns programs. These have been long standing organizations previously recognized by the league. These clubs are considered grandfathered and can continue to operate within their leagues as they have in the past and still be MTOC eligible.

3)REFEREE PAYMENT:
Any league wishing to change their referee payment amount must bring a request before the Leagues Committee.

If a league decides to change referee fees with out Leagues Committee approval, that leagues teams will not be eligible for MTOC play.

4)ROSTERS:
Rosters will be turned into the MassYouth office prior to the first league games of the Spring season. Frozen rosters will be turned into the Mass Youth office no later than the MTOC roster freeze date for the Spring season.

CURRENT FREEZE DATE: TBA

Failure to turn in rosters prior to the first game of the season shall result in a $500.00 fine per week until rosters are turned into the Mass Youth office. That league's teams will then be eligible for MTOC play upon payment of any accumulated fines. On the roster freeze date, the rosters that are in the Mass Youth office will be considered the frozen rosters. Any rosters submitted after the freeze date will not be accepted for MTOC play.

To be eligible for MTOC play, at least 75% of the players on a submitted roster must be from the same league recognized organization. Any exceptions to this requirement must be approved by the Mass Youth Leagues Committee.

Revised August 5, 2007 & effective as of August 15, 2007