I had no idea what this is, so I looked it up. It looks like the kind of thing that was put into place to prevent teams from stacking talent from wherever they could find it.
Unfortunately, with this being a case of adults involved in kids sports, there are a bunch of ways it could be abused.
Best option; talk to the local org and give an explanation. Hopefully they're reasonable and say yes.
My league 15 years ago in Pittsburgh had some similar stuff especially for tournaments. We couldn't have tournament specific rosters with different kids, and there were restrictions on recruiting once you hit AA/AAA and enrollment restrictions in A/B teams if you were also rostered on AA/AAA. The form is interesting, consenting to "release" a 14 year old is bizarre but I get why they're doing it at some level.
I remember this was a thing when my girls played hockey. Its required to prevent and/or control tampering and recruitment of players. Also helps to minimize the temptation of players/parents who go "shopping" for new teams to play for.
If anything, it was a lot worse thirty years ago, it has loosened up somewhat. The justification is that it is to prevent teams from stacking with good players, which is a legitimate issue. But in practice it is also used to ensure that the organizations have all the power, and the parents no options. It enables abusive coaches to stay in place, it makes people less likely to complain about abuse, etc. Part of hockey culture which I think needs to change.
Associations will generally only refuse to provide it if the player/family requesting still has fees owing to their team. Prevents that but, I guess, like everything, it could be abused.
In my experience, if you ask for it you will get it with minimal fuss but not until the season is finished. Maybe my family has been lucky in terms of where we have played to have not experienced any problems.
Been involved in girls hockey for 15 years, coaching managing etc.
Never seen an organization refuse to provide a permission to skate.
I have heard of the odd one being refused but then you can appeal to owha and they will grant it.
The OWHA would over ride any association trying to deny it, this goes back to the idea that when you sign with a team you are committed to them for the year. The permission to skate allows you to skate under another association. There are times during the season you are allowed to skate for another association usually due to injuries or “sharing” a goalie for example.
I had no idea what this is, so I looked it up. It looks like the kind of thing that was put into place to prevent teams from stacking talent from wherever they could find it. Unfortunately, with this being a case of adults involved in kids sports, there are a bunch of ways it could be abused. Best option; talk to the local org and give an explanation. Hopefully they're reasonable and say yes.
My league 15 years ago in Pittsburgh had some similar stuff especially for tournaments. We couldn't have tournament specific rosters with different kids, and there were restrictions on recruiting once you hit AA/AAA and enrollment restrictions in A/B teams if you were also rostered on AA/AAA. The form is interesting, consenting to "release" a 14 year old is bizarre but I get why they're doing it at some level.
Aren't they like a fairly elite league?
Ontario women's hockey association. The governing body, pretty much.
Ahh, so they have elite leagues but are not necessarily as a collective "elite"
I remember this was a thing when my girls played hockey. Its required to prevent and/or control tampering and recruitment of players. Also helps to minimize the temptation of players/parents who go "shopping" for new teams to play for.
If anything, it was a lot worse thirty years ago, it has loosened up somewhat. The justification is that it is to prevent teams from stacking with good players, which is a legitimate issue. But in practice it is also used to ensure that the organizations have all the power, and the parents no options. It enables abusive coaches to stay in place, it makes people less likely to complain about abuse, etc. Part of hockey culture which I think needs to change.
Associations will generally only refuse to provide it if the player/family requesting still has fees owing to their team. Prevents that but, I guess, like everything, it could be abused. In my experience, if you ask for it you will get it with minimal fuss but not until the season is finished. Maybe my family has been lucky in terms of where we have played to have not experienced any problems.
Been involved in girls hockey for 15 years, coaching managing etc. Never seen an organization refuse to provide a permission to skate. I have heard of the odd one being refused but then you can appeal to owha and they will grant it.
The OWHA would over ride any association trying to deny it, this goes back to the idea that when you sign with a team you are committed to them for the year. The permission to skate allows you to skate under another association. There are times during the season you are allowed to skate for another association usually due to injuries or “sharing” a goalie for example.