Rules & Regulations 2010 - Ontario Lacrosse Association

2010 RULES & REGULATIONS22NOTE 1: Players released by Junior “A” teams under this section will be considered a trade forthe receiving Junior “A” team.R6.35(b)Each Junior club in each series (A,B,C, etc) will be allowed to trade players to other clubs withintheir own series, i.e. Jr. A to Jr. A, Jr. B to Jr. B etc. Terms and conditions of intra-league tradingare as follows:Until the second last Saturday of June, trades may be made between Junior teams of the sameclassification. There may or may not be conditions attached. A team may sign a maximum of 3players acquired as trades each year. If a team exercises their 3 trade option, one of thesetrades must be made on or prior to May 15 th of the current year.NOTE – Traded player/players cannot be traded back to the trading team the following yearunder any circumstance by the receiving team or by any other means.R6.35(c) If a resident player in a centre with two junior teams is traded by the higher categoryteam, the player’s rights will be retained by that lower category team.Note: Non-resident players, who have previously played for the lower category team, would alsobe covered under this rule.APPLICABLE TO THE JUNIOR ‘A’ SERIES DRAFT ONLYR6.37 – R6.46 InclusivePURPOSE OF THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS:To provide freedom of movement for players to progress to the highest level of play which theyare capable.PROCEDURES:R6.37The team which finished with the fewest number of points in the previous year shall draft first,followed by each team in the reverse order of finish in the previous season. The drafting positionof any new team will be assigned by the Junior “A” teams of that drafting year.R6.38(a)On or before January 15 th of each year, the Junior “A” teams in good standing with the O.L.A. andJunior “A” Council shall meet for the purpose of drafting overage midget players only. (17 yearsold)The draft will consist of overage midget players only (17 years old). These players will be draftedfrom O.L.A. midget teams operating outside of Junior “A” centres. These players will turn 17years of age in the year of the draft and will have participated in the O.L.A. Midget Series in atleast one of the past two seasons. Players participating in Junior “B” or Intermediate in theprevious season and meeting the age and participation requirements, will also be eligible. (17years old)Each team eligible to draft will be allowed two draft selections.Municipalities that have a Junior “B” club may only have one (17 year old) player selected in eachyear. Only one goalie can be drafted from a Junior B municipality during a 5 year period.