OMHA Special Meeting - Player Movement

http://www.omha.net/admin/downloads/AGM11/Special%20General%20Meeting/SGM%20NOTICES%20OF%20MOTION_w_%20Cover_JAN%202011_v2.pdf

There is an OMHA meeting to vote on the player movement proposal Jan 23rd.  The link is above.
 Here is some of the proposed wording:
PROPOSEDWORDING

Current Methods of Player Movement:
a) The waiver system will continue for the AAA hockey program as per the current OMHA/Alliance regulations
b) The current LOR regulations remain in effect
c) Players from an association that is unable to roster a team in a season may move to the next nearest Centre per OMHA Regulation 3.5
Additional Method of Player Movement:
a) Movement to AA or A is only permitted for participants Minor Pee Wee age and above
Note: To be eligible the player is required to be the Minor Pee Wee age (11 years old) or older as at December 31 of the current playing season; OMHA Regulation 3.6 is NOT applicable.
b) Movement is only permitted to a higher level for players from A and below base category Centres
Note: There shall be NO lateral movement (i.e.: A to A, AA to AA)
c) Alliance seeded Centres will be categorized as AA for the purpose of player movement for OMHA players from BB and below
d) Maximum number of “Non Resident Players” (NRP) is three (3) per eligible team. Once a team has rostered an NRP then NO replacement NRP will be permitted.
e) Other than at a player’s Home Centre, the number of tryouts is limited to two (2) other categories. For his first opportunity, a player has the right to choose to tryout at AAA as per OMHA regulations, but this tryout is not mandatory. The second opportunity, a player must try out for a AA team at a AAA or AA base category Centre or an A team at an A base category Centre. A player’s tryout will only be permitted for the base category team in a Centre, any exceptions are listed below.`

OK, so there's a lot more in there - but it still doesn't help my kids.  I'm appalled that this hasn't been passed earlier, so go ahead and pass it.  But OMHA please understand that there are kids stuck playing hockey in OMHA towns filled with adult cliques that determine the pecking order in children's hockey.  Sigh,,,,,,,,

The update is at http://hockeyzine.blogspot.com/2011/01/omha-approves-player-movement-proposal.html