Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
the only reasons a child is allowed to change PAL teams from their home town to another town is if the child has a parent in that other town and spends time there with that parent OR there is no team in their home town at their age level. Other than that, PAL does not like to grant waivers. Allowing kids to change programs simply because their town's program is not up to par would create more chaos for parents to complain about. Think about this.... you and your son live in Sayville and a kid from Bayport Blue-Point decides he does not like BBP and want to play for Sayville instead and this kid is a better player than your son. Now the BBP kid is taking play time away from your kid. Sayville coaches are preparing the BBP kid to eventually play against the Sayville kids once he gets to high school. How does this make you feel? Your Sayville kid is on the sidelines while the BBP kid is on the field.



That is wrong as I am removing my child from our town PAL program due to his coach being a nut and parents complaining every week about how he handle things. There is no waiver of which you people speak of. How it works is you go and sign up for the new PAL team and when that team finds out you are not from the town they contact your home town PAL director he simply has to give the OK. Clearly you need to have the conversation with your home town director before doing so.


As a NC PAL Director there is indeed a Team Transfer Release form that needs to be completed by both town's directors in order for the player to be moved. The form asks for basic information and does not ask for a reason for the transfer.