USYS, AYSO, US Club, Must Respect Each Other's Disciplinary Actions
Posted by Ken Gamble July 06, 2007 12:43 PM
USSF requires AYSO, USYS, US Club, etc. to Recognize and Respect Each Organizations' Disciplinary Actions
The USSF passed an amendment at the May 19, 2007 Board of Directors Meeting which requires all of the organizations under the USSF umbrella to recognize and respect the bans of players and coaches of other USSF-affiliated organizations.
Section 4 of Bylaw 241 of the United States Soccer Federation provides for
the recognition of suspensions and other disciplinary actions imposed on persons by the Federation and Members of the Federation.
This is a very good thing. It closes a loophole whereby some coaches/players who were banned by one organization (i.e. AYSO or US Youth Soccer state associations) merely switched their teams over to US Club status and were able to continue coaching and playing. Now those coaches and players can no longer just move from one organization to another and still play or coach when their previous organization has banned them.
Some of the highlights of the new policy are that:
The Federation shall distribute at least once each month to every Member of the Federation a disciplinary action report that is a list of all persons against whom disciplinary actions have been imposed that are recognized.
The Member must provide to the Federation written information (that may be included in the decision imposing the disciplinary action) that the person on whom the disciplinary action was imposed received a hearing (or declined a hearing) and procedural rights.
Also every USSF organization must now have a risk management plan. No longer can violent or abusive coaches or players or child predators escape justice by playing one soccer organization against another.
Posted by Ken Gamble July 06, 2007 12:43 PM
USSF requires AYSO, USYS, US Club, etc. to Recognize and Respect Each Organizations' Disciplinary Actions
The USSF passed an amendment at the May 19, 2007 Board of Directors Meeting which requires all of the organizations under the USSF umbrella to recognize and respect the bans of players and coaches of other USSF-affiliated organizations.
Section 4 of Bylaw 241 of the United States Soccer Federation provides for
the recognition of suspensions and other disciplinary actions imposed on persons by the Federation and Members of the Federation.
This is a very good thing. It closes a loophole whereby some coaches/players who were banned by one organization (i.e. AYSO or US Youth Soccer state associations) merely switched their teams over to US Club status and were able to continue coaching and playing. Now those coaches and players can no longer just move from one organization to another and still play or coach when their previous organization has banned them.
Some of the highlights of the new policy are that:
The Federation shall distribute at least once each month to every Member of the Federation a disciplinary action report that is a list of all persons against whom disciplinary actions have been imposed that are recognized.
The Member must provide to the Federation written information (that may be included in the decision imposing the disciplinary action) that the person on whom the disciplinary action was imposed received a hearing (or declined a hearing) and procedural rights.
Also every USSF organization must now have a risk management plan. No longer can violent or abusive coaches or players or child predators escape justice by playing one soccer organization against another.