Defaulted or Rescheduled Games

Box lacrosse

This is from the Lower Mainland Minor Lacrosse Commission Coaches Handbook found on the LMMLC website.

If either the home or visiting team wishes to default or reschedule a game, the team wishing to default or reschedule a game must contact their opponent no later than 48 hours prior to the scheduled game time.

Any team failing to appear for a game at the appointed time and place is responsible for paying the referee fees & certified Shot clock official present at the game and for any floor rental charges. The League Commissioner will be notified of the situation as soon as possible and will report the incident to the LMMLC Chair for further action.

Any team requesting a reschedule due to being in a tournament, must do so 1 week prior (if possible) to original game date, if not their home association or team may be fined $50.00.

When a rescheduled game is agreed upon it is the responsibility of the home team to reschedule the game as soon as possible. All rescheduled or TBR games must be rescheduled prior to the completion of any league schedule.

In any rescheduling disputes, the League Commissioner will determine if a reasonable effort was made to reschedule the game by the teams. The offending team will forfeit the game and associated points. Also the offending association will be fined $50.00 payable to the LMMLC.

Your commissioner must be notified of all defaulted or rescheduled games as soon as possible. They do attend games so they must be updated on all scheduling changes.

Although you only require 48-hour notice of cancellation, please respect the other team’s schedule and floor space availability. Notify them as soon as you know that you have to reschedule a game.

Field lacrosse

This is from the Pacific Coast Field Lacrosse League Operating Policy found on the PCFLL website.

Any team wishing to reschedule a game must contact their opponent and League Commissioner 96 hours prior to the scheduled game time. If the appropriate people are not notified by the designated 96-hour period, a team is not obligated to accept the request to reschedule the game. This does not include extraordinary factors such as field closures due to bad weather.

Teams must give justifiable reasons for requesting a game be rescheduled. A team is not obligated to accept a request to reschedule a game when the request is made outside of the designated 96-hour time period as stated in Regulation O.01 b). A team who does not accept the request to reschedule a game must inform their League Commissioner as soon as possible that request to reschedule a game was made and rejected. The team must provide a valid reason for not accepting a request to reschedule a game. The Commissioner may award points to the non-offending team if the rationale for requesting a game be rescheduled are not reasonable and justifiable and the scheduled game is not played.

Games to be rescheduled must be done prior to the conclusion of the current season (i.e. Tiering, Fall, and Winter). If no agreeable date is available, then both teams must supply a date and time to their League Commissioner. The League Commissioner will reschedule the game based on the date and times submitted. The League Commissioners have the authority to assign points or not, if teams do not meet the guidelines by working together to reschedule their games.

A default game occurs under one of the following situations:

1. A team fails to appear at the appointed time and place for a game;
2. A team appears at the appointed time and place for a game with the intent to play the game but does not have the required number of players to start the game; a coach and a player showing up for the game does not constitute intent; or
3. A team, for any reason, fails to finish the game. Any team failing to appear for a game at the appointed time and place is responsible for paying the costs associated with the game as outlined in Regulation F.03. The League Commissioner will be notified of the situation as soon as possible and will report the incident to the PCFLL Executive for further action.

Commissioners are to be notified of all game changes.

General Home Games Away Games Correspondence Contacting Opposing Team Penalties

General

There are two main times in the season where rescheduling occurs:
1. The release of the initial game schedule at the beginning of the season
  - Mini Tyke, Tyke and all Female divisions will get a full schedule at the beginning of the season
  - Novice to Midget have the initial 4 weeks scheduled, a 1 week tiering break, then the remaining schedule will be released
2. After the tiering break
If you have a conflict, contact Wendy Thomson, Floor Allocator, as soon as you can so she can find you an alternative date/time for your game
We are required to offer 3 alternatives to your opponents, if the reschedule is being requested by a Langley team
- This does not mean the floor allocator will give you three options that you can present to the other team for them to pick from
- You will be given one option at a time to present to your opponents
Do not wait until the end of the season to reschedule your games
- Try to reschedule games within the same week that they were supposed to be played to help keep your games/practices balanced over the season
Indoor floor time is scarce and valuable so please only change a game if it is absolutely necessary
We do not have the luxury of giving the visiting team (or ourselves) multiple options for TBR’s
Games take priority over practices
Scheduled game times are NOT to be used as practice time unless arranged with the Floor Allocator
- If not used for a scheduled game or TBR, you must give the floor time back to the Floor Allocator and allow other teams the chance to play TBR’s

Home Games

Cancelled or To Be Rescheduled (TBR’s) are always the HOME team’s responsibility to reschedule.

Notify the following as soon as you know you have to cancel and reschedule a home game:

Wendy Thomson, Floor Allocator (via email)
- Wendy will advise you of available floor time
Opposing team manager and coach (see Contacting Opposing Team)
Copy your commissioner unless they tell you otherwise – some may visit games and you don’t want them to show up for a cancelled game
Remember to keep your own coach updated

Opposing Team Can Attend

Advise the Floor Allocator to confirm the new game date/time
Advise your commissioner of date changes
Update your team

Opposing Team Cannot Attend

Contact the Floor Allocator to cancel requested floor time and request alternate

Away Games

Correspondence

On all your correspondence record:

Your name and contact number
Team (division and level = Peewee A1)
Reason or type of request (cancel, reschedule, request for floor time)
Game number
Full location, date and time of cancellation, reschedule or request
- Cancel Game: PWA 121 scheduled Wed. May 12th @ Aldergrove 7:30 – 9:00pm
- Request Refs for TBR: PWA 121 Thursday May 13th @ GPRC 6:00 – 7:30pm
For Cancellations and TBR’s our scheduler needs to know the original date of the game and the Game Number

*Our Floor Allocator and Referee Allocators are very busy booking and cancelling/rescheduling floor time and referees for all our teams. Please provide them with as much information as possible if you want them to deal with your requests quickly.

Contacting Opposing Team

Email is the quickest and easiest means to contact an opposing Team Manager
- Email also provides a written documentation of your correspondence
Do not assume that your email has reached the intended party
- If you have not received a response within 24 hours then phone the opposing manager or coach
Usually managers deal with reschedules but sometimes coaches prefer to handle them
- After your initial contact, you will know whether to deal with the manager, coach, or both

Penalties

If your team is the home team and you fail to meet the 48-hour notice, then you will be responsible for covering the referee/shot clock operator fees and arena charges from your team funds.
If the visiting team fails to meet the 48-hour notice, they will cover the referee/shot clock operator fees.
- Your team is responsible to collect these fees from them – cheque payable to LMLA.
- This should be collected at the time of the rescheduled game. Game cannot be played until payment has been received.

Remember to use common sense. Different situations may require a different course of action. When in doubt – ask.

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