March 23, 2005

Transfer Policy Change Effective Immediately

Utah Youth Soccer Association held its Annual General Meeting February 5th. During this meeting a proposal was made and passed to take out bylaw 3:07:03 and make it a policy. The state council further instructed that this policy be addressed at the next Board of Directors meeting. It was deemed that change is necessary to address the National recommendation that allows up to 5 transfers in a seasonal year.

The following change was passed in the UYSA Board of Directors meeting held March 17th. The following policy is effective IMMEDIATELY.

PLAYER TRANSFER. The team may not roster any player who was previously rostered during the seasonal year to another team, or the same team, unless a written request, stating the reason why this action has been requested has been made to and approved by the governing authority on the appropriate form. The team may not roster more than five (5) previously rostered players in any seasonal year. A waiver of the five (5) previously rostered player limit may be obtained by meeting the following conditions:

A. All previously rostered players over 5 are from a team that;

1. The coach has voluntarily resigned or has been suspended
2. A new coach cannot be found
3. The remaining players will not otherwise be able to play

B. This action is approved by the District Board of Directors

C. This action is approved by the State Board of Directors

D. The team using this waiver cannot register and compete in State Cup for that seasonal year