Eligibility Rules - United States Teams
1.All players must be born on or after 5/1/2002.
2.All players must be in the Class of 2021 or later.
3.All players must compete with their team on a regular basis. Players can not be added only to participate in the World Series.
4.No player may compete, or be rostered, on more than one team during the tournament.
5.All players must reside within 100 miles of the home field of their program.
6.All teams must carry between 18-24 players.
7.All players will be required to provide a copy of their birth certificate, proof of residency (report card or school identification card) and verification of health insurance that is accepted in the United States.
8.All players must participate with their team/program on a regular basis. Players are not to be added only for the World Series.
9.Any team in violation of the above roster rules will forfeit all games in which the ineligible player has participated, forfeit any opportunity to advance to the playoffs and forfeit any accolades or titles received by the team.
Eligibility Rules - Canadian Teams
1.All players must be born on or after 5/1/2002.
2.No player may compete, or be rostered, on more than one team during the tournament.
3.All players must reside within 200 miles of the home field of their program.
Put this in the Long Island thread and also wanted to enlighten the folks in Maryland and Virginia. These are the eligibility rules for the World Series of Lacrosse. Please note that the Canadian rules don't state a graduation year because typically children in Canada enter school a year earlier. Therefore when our boys say they are in grade nine and your's are in grade 8 that doesn't mean they are older by a year. Adrenaline lacrosse and in fact most tournaments acknowledge this. The Edge 2019 2020 teams heard lots of verbal commentary over this at the crabs and nscla event this summer but here's proff we weren't breaking any age rules.
the 2019 team says your players must be born in 2000. Our kids playing 2019 are mostly born in 2001 with the exception of Fall birthdays that make the cut on certain dates, not 2000. I did see you have a 2001 team- which matches up with our 2019 kids. Clearly, the birth ages are stretched along the way to accommodate the older kids in the older teams. I suspect all the issues you encountered might not have been unfounded.
If you are so sure that the US families are in the wrong, bring your birth certificates to prove that your kids are of the same age. It would be very simple and would shut down the accusers.
A generous cut off system like the one used at the WSYL would make all these issues go away and the sport would be that much better off.
