BASC Secondary Player Guidelines
All rules herein apply to BASC teams and supersede OSA policies for creational soccer. Items not specifically addressed herein shall conform to OSA policies.
BASC has adopted the following policies for Secondary Players. This program has been developed to allow for player development by permitting a player to participate with another team exposing them to a higher level of play. All approvals for Secondary players are made according the requirements herein at the discretion of the BASC Club Head Coach and notification to the team’s primary coach.
Purpose: Allow for player development by permitting participation of a recreational player on a team within the same club throughout a single season of league play. Not intended to improve a team’s performance, but can be used to complement primary roster in the event of primary players regularly missing games (ie. older teams).
- For regular season league games of the team only – not tournament play.
- Intra‐club movement only (BASC players to BASC teams).
- Available for U8 and older players and U9 and older teams. U8 players may Secondary to a U9 team, but not to another U8 team. All players must have a Player Pass issued by the club.
- Must be age appropriate or playing up.
- Must be a lateral or upwards move (i.e. up an age group, rec to rec, rec or rec plus to competitive).
- For duration of the current season.
- Requires application to the club via the online Secondary Player application by the parent/guardian.
- The BASC Registrar shall have 3 business days from receipt of the correctly filled out application to notify applicant of the status of approval or denial of the application. Secondary player requests have multiple approval levels in addition to the administrative side of this process.
- Secondary applications must be submitted no later than Wednesday at noon (12 PM) in order for the approval process and changes to the official roster and player passes to be in effect for the following weekends game. Secondary applications which are submitted after Wednesday at noon (12 PM) will be made the following week.
- Requires review/approval by the BASC Head Coach and notification to the team primary coach for each player and each season.
- The Maximum number of Seconday players, CPP, or a combination of the two that can be added to a primary roster for any age group is below:
- U9-U10: 2 CPP/Secondary Players
- U11-U12: 2 CPP/Secondary Players
- U13-U14: 3 CPP/Secondary Players
- U15-U19: 4 CPP/Secondary Players
- Secondary Player requests will be accepted no earlier than one (1) week before seasons opening weekend.
- Primary roster players attending the game must play. 50% playing time applies to all players (primary and secondary) for the game.
- The number of players present for a game (Primary+CPP+Secondary) cannot exceed the club or league maximum for that age group.
- Primary players not attending/participating in a game must be noted on the game form and verified by the referee.
- Secondary players must be printed on the game form.
- U9/U10 players must have a player pass printed by the club for the match. All U11 and older players must have a player pass present for check in with the referee.
- Secondary players cannot miss their primary team game(s).
- Roster changes are made in GotSport by the club.
- Rostering of secondary players is for the season and cannot be removed unless the player leaves their primary team.
- All Secondary players must utilize a uniform in compliance with league rules.
- All Secondary players must provide a copy of a signed medical release form to the coach.