RULE 2:         PLAYER SELECTION:

1)      General Player Selection Rules

a.       Gladewater and Union Grove will hold Player drafts at the same time and location.

5/6 Year Old Division

1)      Assistant Coach Selection

a.       Head Coaches may select their Assistant Coach prior to the Player Draft.

b.      All Head Coaches must notify their League Commissioner of the Assistant Coach selection prior to that Divisions scheduled Draft.

2)      Player Draft

a.       All Players will be placed in the following Groups

b.      Age used will be the age of the Player on or before April 30^th.

i.       Group #1 will consist of all 6 year olds placed in alphabetic order.

ii.      Group #2 will consist of all 5 year olds placed in alphabetic order.

iii.      Group #3 will consist of all 4 year olds placed in alphabetic order.

c.       Team Draft order will be randomly selected.

d.      Each Team will make its selection from the available Draft Pool.

i.       All Players will be listed Alphabetically in each Draft Pool

ii.      Each Team will be able to select ANY Player by Name from the available Draft Pool.

1.      Drafting Order will ascend and descend in each Draft Pool until all Players are selected.

e.       Any exceptions or exemptions approved by the GUGYBA Board are to be the Teams 1st  Draft selection in the Available Draft Pool.

i.       Coaches Kids are considered Exemptions and must be selected 1_st in the Draft Pool in which they fall.

1.      If an exception or exemption is not selected as the 1_st selection within the Draft Pool then that Player becomes eligible to be selected by any other teams in the Draft.

ii.      Teams that have 2 or More Exceptions or Exemptions within the Same Draft Pool.

1.      Teams must select ALL Exceptions and Exemptions before any other players may be selected.

2.      If a Teams Exception or Exemption Player is the last player to be selected within the Draft Pool and the selection does not fall on the approved Team, then the Approved Team must give its 1_st selection within the next Draft Pool to that Team.

a.       The Receiving Team will select its own player from the Draft Pool in Place of the Team that received the Exempted Player in the previous Draft Pool.

3)      TRADES

a.       NO Trades will be permitted.

7/8, 9/10, 11/12 Year Old Divisions

1)      Assistant Coach Selection

a.      Head Coaches may select their Assistant Coach prior to the Player Draft.

b.      All Head Coaches must notify their League Commissioner of the Assistant Coach selection prior to that Divisions scheduled Tryout.

2)      Player Ratings and Draft

a.      ALL Players MUST attend and participate in the scheduled try-out for their respective league.

b.      ALL Players will be rated by the League Coaches and any number of Non-Objective Participants during this Tryout

i.       Player ratings for each Division are based on performance in a 3 part Tryout.

1.      Each Try-out section is worth up to 5 points with a MAX of 15 and MIN of 3.

a.       Throwing

b.      Fielding

c.       Hitting

d.      Pitching/Catching (9/10 and 11/12 Only)

c.       Any player remaining unrated at the start of the draft will be randomly drawn once the draft of all rated players has completed

i.       The draft order will remain the same and will start with the team whose pick was next in the Rated Player Drafts.

d.      All Players will be grouped prior to the draft by the GUGYBA Board based on the Player Ratings.

e.       Team Draft order will be randomly selected.

f.        Each Team will make its selection from the available Draft Pool.

i.       All Players will be listed Alphabetically in each Draft Pool

ii.      Each Team will be able to select ANY Player by Name from the available Draft Pool.

1.      Drafting Order will ascend and descend in each Draft Pool until all Players are chosen

g.      Any exceptions or exemptions approved by the GUGYBA Board are to be the Teams 1st  Draft selection in the Available Draft Pool.

i.       Coaches Kids are considered Exemptions and must be selected 1_st in the Draft Pool in which they fall.

1.      If an exception or exemption is not selected 1st  within the Draft Pool then that Player becomes eligible to be selected by any other teams in the Draft.

ii.      Teams that have 2 or More Exceptions or Exemptions within the Same Draft Pool.

1.      Teams must select ALL Exceptions and Exemptions before any other players may be selected.

2.      If a Teams Exception or Exemption Player is the last player to be selected within the Draft Pool and the selection does not fall on the approved Team, then the Approved Team must give its 1_st selection within the next Draft Pool to that Team.

a.       The Receiving Team will select its own player from the Draft Pool in Place of the Team that received the Exempt Player in the previous Draft Pool.

iii.      For other Exceptions and Exemptions see Rule 3.

3)      Player Trades

a.      NO Trades will be permitted.