Parochial Athletic League

Athletic Director Meeting

August 18, 2008

 

Prayer

 

Guest Speaker: Greg Oliver from Positive Coaching Alliance

 

  1. Chain of Command

Ø     Coach

Ø     School A.D.

Ø     Principal

Ø     P.A.L. Directors: Gerry for Boys / Jill for Girls

Ø     Dom Puglisi

 

  1. All information (boys and girls) will be disseminated on the Web.

Ø     Girl’s website is www.geocities.com/paleague2k

Ø     Boy’s website is www.jhssac.org (click on Admissions / General Info. / PAL).

Ø     Positive Coaching Alliance website is www.positivecoach.org.     

Ø     The next line of communication is email and then phone.

 

  1. Every athletic director must list an email address for communication purposes with the directors.

 

  1. All schools will use a standardized permission form set forth by the Diocese.  These forms must be with the coach at ALL times. (practice as well as games.)

 

  1. 2008-09 P.A.L. guidelines are posted on the Girls website.

Highlights include:

Ø     Calendar (timelines) for seasons,  coaches and Commission meetings

Ø     Administration (PAL and School) responsibilities

Ø     Medical Release Forms

Ø     Tournaments

Ø     Entry Fees

Ø     Sunday Activities

Ø     General Rules – All Play Rule, Ejections, Schedule Conflicts, Protests and more

Ø     Site Director Responsibilities

Ø     Little Dribbler Rules

Ø     Flag Football Rules for boys and girls

Ø     Prayer Suggestions

Ø     Coaching Agreement

 

  1. The fall coaches meeting (football, volleyball and cross country) will be held Sunday, Aug. 24 from 1:00 – 4pm at Christian Brothers High School in the Cafeteria.  Bring completed intent form to the meeting for girls’ volleyball.

 

  1. Copies of rosters must be given to the site director the first week of league play. Continue to update the roster as needed throughout the season.

 

  1. Players must participate in over ½ league games to be eligible for playoffs.

 

  1. Game changes must go through the Athletic Director or Principal to the Directors.  Please check fall sport conflicts before fall meeting!

 

Ø     Please verify that messages have been received when calling with a late cancellation. 

 

  1. Floor Items

 

Ø     Questions arose concerning start dates for Little Dribblers.  Gerry was going to follow up with Dave Parsh.

Ø     Continued concerns over the date for the winter coaches meeting.  Many schools have the entire Thanksgiving week off so families leave early.  No clear consensus on solutions was found.

Ø     Concerns of cost for PAL involvement and not allowing very small squads to compete were raised.  The directors reiterated that we have not told schools they cannot compete with very small squads, but we have not had historical success with very small squads finishing a season, which creates hardships for other schools.  No clear consensus on solutions was found.

 

  1. Introductions of all Athletic Directors

 

 

TRAVELING TO SITES

Schools will have to potentially travel to different sites.  Criteria when making schedules include:

 

Location in relationship to all other schools

Coach request for day of contest

Schools that are sites for play

Moving schools around so one school does not have to always travel

 

Please know that all schools will probably have to travel at some point or level.  The goal is to make things equitable for all.  Understand if you request a specific site I may not be able to honor your request (even if you have been at the site in previous years.)  I will try and arrange schedules according to the length of travel.

 

Please share this information with your parents.

 

ALL PLAY RULE

‘Coaches are required to play every team member in every contest.  The amount of playing time is up to the school authority/coach to determine.  This rule is in effect during league, tournaments and playoffs.  Coaches are not required to play students in games if the students have violated a school or team athletic policy/rule.  Those students not eligible may not suit up for that contest.  If a violation of this rule occurs, a forfeit will occur.  Interpretation/modification of this rule can only take place after consultation of the P.A.L. Directors.’

 

The procedure for penalizing a coach for violation of this rule is as follows:

 

First Offense:             Forfeit that game.

         Tournaments will be required to enforce this rule as part of their tournament guideline and will be limited to that tournament.

 

Second Offense:       Forfeit that game and loss of participation in playoffs.  As well if the second offense is in a tournament they will also be immediately disqualified from that tournament.

 

Third Offense:          Coach, School A.D. and School Principal will meet with the executive council of the P.A.L. Commission (including the P.A.L.  Diocesan Liaison, Girls’ Director and Boys’ Director) to discuss further sanctions against the coach/school.

 

GAME CHANGE PROTOCOL

If schedule changes need to take place for your specific school please follow the process below:

 

ALL GAME CHANGES MUST BE INITIATED THROUGH THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OR PRINCIPAL TO ME IN WRITING AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE PROPOSED CHANGE.  Once approved I will forward the approved request to the affected Athletic Director, Site Director and Officials.

 

Once I approve the change request the following procedure must take place by the requesting school:

 

 

  1. Talk to the coach from the opposing team to let them know of your problem and that you will not be able to play on the scheduled day or time.  It will be up to you to figure out another date, time and location for the make-up.  I recommend the earlier the better.

 

  1. Contact the site director and let them know there will be no game for you on that date or time.

 

  1. Contact the official’s assignor and let them know that you will not be having a game on that date as well as requesting an official for your make-up date.

 

  1. Call or email me with the changes, once everything is in place.

 

Rules of Protest

 

The following procedure will be used in a PROTEST:

 

1.        Written notification of intent of protest must be made in the official book before the game continues.

 

2.        The official scorekeeper must mark the protest in the official scorebook at the point of game.

 

3.        The director must receive the written protest within 48 hours of the game.  The written protest must include the following:

A.       The date time and location of game

B.       Names of the officials

C.       The rule and section of the Official Rules under which the protest is being made.

D.       The decision and conditions surrounding the making of the decision.

E.       All essential facts involved in the matter protested.

F.        Signature of the Athletic Director and Principal

   

 Protests cannot be made on judgement calls

 

 

PAL Site Director Duties

 

The PAL contracts with your school to identify a person as the Site Director. You will be the liaison between the site of competition and the PAL Director, and will monitor games at your site, make sure the games run smoothly, identify concerns and forward those concerns to the League Director. If you have a problem with a coach who is abusive, uncooperative or not adhering to the PAL Guidelines and Policies (a copy of which you should receive from your Athletic Director), you must identify the school, coach and situation to the League Director as soon as possible. Each coach has been required to sign the “Coaches Agreement” acknowledging their agreement to “...uphold the mission and philosophy of the Parochial Athletic League by insisting on fair play, support of the officials and exemplary sportsmanship at all times.” Other responsibilities include:

 

1.         Open all facilities and or gates; open bathrooms and make sure they are clearly marked. Admission prices: (No more than) Adults $1.50; students $1.00.

2.         Greet coaches and officials prior to game time; direct them to any facility for their use.

3.         Check with each coach for their emergency cards for ALL team members. Count and verify against the number of students suiting up. Any team or coach without emergency cards will have to forfeit that game. In addition, they may NOT scrimmage at the site. Also check to see if the team has some kind of first aid equipment to deal with minor emergencies, especially cuts or blood exposure.

4.         Check with officials to see if they have questions about the game rules or local ground rules. Inform the league director if officials are late or do not show. Let the officials know where you are in case of injury, emergency phone access, etc.

5.         Circulate during games. Watch the crowd and make sure no one is heckling the officials or the players. If any fan, coach or player gets out of hand you may warn them and possibly remove them from the game or from the site if you feel it is necessary. Please file a written report with the league director if you have this type of problem.

6.         Along with the coaches from both teams, sign the official book to record that the game followed PAL guidelines.

7.         Keep the games flowing efficiently with a minimum of delay.

8.         Keep track and post league results each week. Also post any changes to the schedule. Please inform league director with results after each completed league night.

 

Girls Director: Jill Bennett  -  733-3673, [email protected]

Boys Director: Gerry Lane  -  428-6060, ext. 203, [email protected]

 

Note: Any player, coach or fan who swears at an opposing player, official or coach or who causes a fight will be removed from the game if the site director deems it necessary. If the coach is removed the game can only continue if the team has an assistant coach or school AD. (The assistant coach must be identified prior to the game, no walk-ons are allowed).

 

Playing Levels

 

  • Junior Varsity can be made up of 5th and 6th graders. The only exceptions to this are cross country and golf where 5th graders may participate on the school team.
  • Varsity can be made up of 6th, 7th and 8th graders.
  • Fourth grade and below may not compete in PAL programs besides the Little Dribbler Program.

 

It is the decision of the school how teams are created (ie. who plays on a competition team vs. a recreation team)

 

 

Team Balance

 

  • Each team should be made up of at least 10 players.
  • If a school has both a recreation team and a competitive team at the same level (ie. varsity) the squads need to be balanced in number.
  • If a squad of any team is less than 10 players prior approval needs to be made with the P.A.L. director.

 

Qualifications for Playoffs

 

  • A player must compete in at least half of league games in order to qualify participating in playoffs.

 

 

Tie Breakers for Playoff Advancement

 

  • Head to Head Results
  • If all teams have beaten each other and all advance to playoffs then names will be pulled from a hat to determine seeding for T.O.C.
  • If all teams have beaten each other and one or more teams will not qualify for T.O.C.’s then a playoff between the schools will occur.    The teams will pick numbers to determine who has a first game bye.  The other two teams will play 1 – 10 minute quarter (2 timeouts).  The winner will play the team with the bye to determine seeding for the T.O.C.  This playoff should occur at the last league date at the conclusion of the scheduled games.  Please notify Jill, the site director and the officials if this is a possibility.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION 2008-09

 

Jill Bennett

C/o Parochial Athletic League

4315 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Sacramento, CA  95820

(School fax) 733-3657

 

Best:                                          web site:  www.geocities.com/paleague2k

Next Best:                                   (e-mail) [email protected]

Do you feel lucky?                     (w) 733-3673

God Forbid!                               (h) 391-7069

 

 

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