Rule to Benefit All Club Players
For countless
past seasons, the CHRVA has extended a special playing privilege to adult
AA and Junior Volleyball age group registered players who are members of
a club. To wit, a player on an adult AA team was allowed to participate
with any team of the same level (and gender) from his or her club any number
of times until 15 March, when all rosters are finalized, as long as the
player does not participate with more than one team during the same weekend.
With respect to the adult divisions, this special privilege was granted
due to the low registration numbers in Men’s and Women’s AA and to ensure
that AA club teams had enough players to field a team in a tournament.
Your CHRVA Board of Directors has now recognized that this rule could also
benefit club team players in other adult divisions, divisions that are
currently experiencing low registration numbers.
The Region Handbook has recently been revised
to extend this privilege to other adult divisions based on need. The
rule change states that based on the recommendation of the Adult Tournament
Chair, movement of players laterally from team to team within a club other
than the AA level will be allowed. Each season the Adult Tournament Chair
will determine which adult divisions, if any, are eligible to apply this
new rule. The decision will be made on November 1 each year, be posted
on the CHRVA website, and announced by the Division Coordinator of the
affected division(s).
Although the division(s) affected for the
2002-2003 Adult Regular Season will not be announced until November 1,
indications are that clubs in the Men’s and Women’s B Divisions
will be granted this privilege this season.
Your Board of Directors views this new rule
as a positive step in increasing the number of players in divisions where
registration is low. Club directors should look at this change as an opportunity
to increase the number of teams and players within their club. And non-club
teams can now look to adding more players and forming a club so all can
play. If you have two or more teams that would like to form a club, or
your team would like to become a member of an existing club in order to
take advantage of this new rule, you can find information about forming
a club on the CHRVA website, or you may contact the CHRVA Registrar at
registrar@chrva.org for names
of current club directors. |
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