A motion was made and passed by the BAYSA board on April 1st for penalty to teams that are a no show to their scheduled games without 48hr notice to BAYSA. The new penalty is; If a team doesn’t give a 48hr notice to Thomas Morrow and Melyssa Bratton that they will not be at a game, the matter will be sent to D&P. D&P will decide the severity of the penalty. The penalty can include suspension of the coach from all and any coaching responsibility, the following weekend from the missed game. In definition this means that the suspended coach would not be able to coach any team in any aspect in BAYSA play.
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July 27 Goal Post Inspections/Certificate of Insurance Applications Due August 17 Teams Due in GotSoccer – Deadline
August 24-25 Baysa TuneUp Tournament
September 7 Season Begins October 1 Fall Allocations due to STYSA October 1 Re-bracket Meeting October 31 Fall Registration Ends November 2-3 Last regular season game (9U/10U) – 9 game season November 9-10 Last regular season game 11U+ - 10 game season November 28 Thanksgiving
November 9-10 – 9U/10 BAYSA Playoffs 9U/10U (9-game season) Alvin November 16-17 – 9U/10 Playoff Rainout date November 16-17 – 11U+ BAYSA Playoffs or Rainouts, if needed
• Re-bracket Meeting.
The re-bracket meeting will be a stand-alone meeting on October 1. BAYSA encourages all coaches involved in the 9U/10U age group to attend.
• Fall allocations are due October 1. • No guest players in the fall season. • Team fees and player fees to be determined at a later date • BAYSA will not extend team formation deadlines. • BAYSA will play on Saturdays; possibly Sundays, if needed
New section for news about your team, player and volunteer achievements. If you team has represented BAYSA in a tournament or league and you want to congratulate their great job and effort feel free to send me articles about it along with a picture. I need to know the team name, coach, age group, club, event and team name. Send to
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If you team ended up as a FInalist in STYSA championships (D2, S2 or D1),FInalist for Eastern District for D3, D2 or anything else, please send results/pictures etc.
ZERO TOLERANCE OF SIDELINE MISCONDUCT AND REFEREE ABUSE
BAYSA has adopted a zero tolerance of sideline misconduct and referee abuse for spectators. Referees will stop the game, bring both coaches together, and give them a warning for spectator misconduct and abuse.
The second time this occurs, referee will end the game.
Coaches need to take responsibility and be accountable for management and control of sideline behavior. Referees will need to document concerns and issues so the association’s D&P can address problem areas.
Referee assault (verbal or physical) could result in a ban from soccer.
Referee Abuse Leads to Three Year Suspensions.
In early December 2012, a hearing was held by the South Texas Youth Soccer Association D&P committee regarding alleged abuse of a referee. Three coaches and four players were charged with referee assault.
The alleged assault had occurred during a BAYSA regular season game. The decision: One player found not guilty, three coaches and three players found guilty. Penalties: Two coaches each received three year suspensions.
One coach received a one year suspension. One player received a three year suspension and the other two players received three games suspensions (they got very lucky).
REMEMBER - THIS IS ONLY A GAME THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN. If you forget this, you might not play soccer again for a very long time.
As a result of questions posed by several leagues about scrimmage games or including non-USYS teams in their league schedule, the following information is provided. Please be sure that your clubs are aware of this information in order to assure that all games and activities are properly sanctioned. If you have additional questions, please contact Tom or Linda at the State Office.
Updated copy of the protocol for coaching clinics is posted under documents and here below for clubs to follow when hosting coaching clinics. Coaching Clinic Handout ( 2010-01-16 20:40:21) (Revised 8/1/09)
STYSA Goal Post Inspection Report (
