Approved by the Board of Directors in July 2023
In an effort to improve the skills of the players in our league, the Board believes that it is necessary to actively promote those players who are ready for higher levels of competition. As such, the Player Agent, in conjunction with the Board of Directors, shall coordinate a player evaluation each year to determine the pool of players who are prepared for the next division.
Only when there is a need to fill roster spaces at the AAA and/or Little League level in order to draft teams rostering a minimum of 11 players each, will the league consider moving players up to higher division. This need is assessed each year and the decision to move players to fill roster spots is determined by a board vote once registration has closed. In all cases, an attempt will be made to create rosters of equal sizes.
If it is determined that there is a need to move players up a division, players in AA and AAA will be notified and given the opportunity to evaluate for one of the available roster openings. Specifically, this invitation would be extended to all league age 7 & 8-year-olds in the AA division for a chance to advance early to AAA; or all league age 9 & 10-year-olds in the AAA division for a chance to advance early to Little League. In order to advance to a new division early, the player MUST BE EVALUATED.
Coaches in the division drafting players up will evaluate the players who would like to be considered, and then rank those players whose skills they deem sufficient to play at the higher level to a pool. If there are more qualified players than there are roster openings, final determination of which players will be selected to those openings will be determined prior to the draft by a vote of the division managers, player agent and the League President or Vice President.
Parents of players advancing to a new level are not eligible to be a manager at the advanced level. This is done to ensure that players are chosen based on qualifications. Parents of players chosen to advance to the next level are eligible to be assistant coaches if chosen by the Manager.