2019 DEADLINE TO ADD TRAVEL OR HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS
Wednesday April 10, 2019 5 PM
The outstanding debt list contains players that have not complied with player contract provisions or otherwise owe a debt to an association. They should be ruled as ineligible for participation in any TAHA member association program. Only the Posting Association may remove a player from this list. The player/parents should contact the Posting Association directly with any questions.
The actual lists are in a hidden page of this website. Authorized Association representatives will have to email the TAHA Treasurer for access to the current lists.
TAHA GUIDEBOOK ODL PROCEDURES
TAHA “Outstanding Debt List” - ODL
TAHA maintains a list of Affiliate players who have not completed their financial obligations to a prior association or team. Member associations, rinks and teams may add players to the ODL at any time during the season by submitting a form to the TAHA Treasurer that identifies:
- Player Name
- DOB
- Contact information (phone, email, mailing address) for the player being added
- Member association making the request
- Dollar amount owed to a member association or team
- Description and/or timeline of collection attempts
- Copies of all correspondence between the parties
The form to add players to the ODL can be found on the TAHA website: www.tahahockey.org/page/show/390149-outstanding-debt-list. The TAHA Treasurer can grant access to the page after the requestor registers as a user of the TAHA Website.
Although players can be added to the ODL during the season, the last day to make additions to the list for the prior season is the second day after USA Hockey Youth Nationals concludes each year. Any player not added to the ODL list by that date will be assumed to be in good financial standing for the prior season and is eligible for all USAH activities and to tryout and sign with any other organization for the next season. Players added to the ODL may NOT skate for any association, club or team INCLUDING the association, club or team that added the player to the ODL. A member association, club or team that adds a player to the ODL and then allows the player to skate before the obligation is satisfied will waive the rights to amounts owed and the player will be removed from the ODL.
If a player is added to the ODL at any point in the season his/her eligibility on all teams (travel, house, high school, adult) is suspended until the financial obligation has been settled and the TAHA Treasurer notified of such.
Further, a player who chooses to skate during the spring or summer with an association or adult league and fails to complete all financial obligations may be added to the ODL at any time.
Associations are responsible for verifying that players are cleared to play before allowing them to skate or take part in a scrimmage or game. Any organization found using a player whose name is on the ODL may be fined $1,000 and any games played with the listed player will be forfeited in both league and tournament play.
A player added to the ODL while playing youth hockey, but who ages out and becomes eligible for adult hockey will be required to satisfy the financial obligation before being eligible to play adult league hockey.
Any player whose name was added to the ODL by an organization or team that ceases to operate before the debt is settled must make payment to TAHA before becoming eligible to play again. Such payments to TAHA will be used for scholarships, equipment grants, and other initiatives at TAHA’s sole discretion.
