• Last year’s standings at the end of the regular season determine the draft order in reverse order (the last-place team has the first pick of the draft, the first-place team has the last pick). New teams will draft before returning teams with their draft order determined by a number draw.
• A head coach’s child/sibling/grandchild is protected until the end of the third round. Siblings of returning players must be taken by the end of the third round. Additional siblings must be taken in subsequent rounds.
• Bonus picks will be allowed following each round until the teams’ number of players equals the team’s with the fewest number of returning players.
• Players who attend the skills assessments are draft-eligible by a coach at the pre-season draft. Registered players who are not returning to a team and do not attend a skills assessment session will be randomly assigned with consideration of the ages of players on each team added to a team once all eligible players are chosen at the draft.
• If a team’s head coach steps down, the team’s players will return to the draft– unless an assistant coach or parent from the previous year’s team agrees to take over the team.
• Coaches moving from one age group to another age group will have to draft a new team with only their child and ONE identified (registered with background check and completed concussion training) Assistant Coach’s child being protected.
• Assistant coaches MUST be identified and assigned prior to Draft Day (registered with background check + completed concussion training) to be eligible for protection and selection by a Head Coach. If the Assistant Coach is not identified and registered with the background check + concussion training prior to skills assessment, their children WILL NOT be protected and will be available for draft selection by any team if they attended the skills assessment.
• Coaches who are new to a division and not taking over another team, will draw for the top picks with the returning coaches picking in order of how they finished the last season– the team with the best record picks last.
• Players returning to the same division and opting to remain on the same team from last season should not attend a skills assessment session. They will automatically be placed on the same team.

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