Player Registration and Placement Policy
In many cases, the number of families registering for VLL exceeds our available number of teams in any one particular division. The limitations of our enrollment size is directly related to the number of baseball fields that we currently have available to use.
As such, VLL’s procedure for player placement follows the hierarchy below:
Players who in the previous season were selected for an All-Star team (10U, 11U, 12U, and 13U)
Players with a parent/guardian who have volunteered to Manage in which the division the player was Registered does not have a sufficient number of qualified Managers
Players who are returning and have played in two (2) or more consecutive Spring seasons
Players with a sibling in the same or different divisions
Players who have Registered and who are not on the Waitlist
Players on the Waitlist
Players who have completed the age verification process and are deemed eligible for play at VLL
It should be noted that being a Registered player does not guarantee player enrollment in the division for which your player is Registered at VLL.
For players who are Registered in a division that requires assessment and a draft (AA through Intermediate), and your player is not a must draft, your player may be moved down to the next lower division for Enrollment, based on their league age.
A must draft is defined as the following:
The upper age limit for the corresponding division (13 for Intermediate, 12 for Majors, 11 for AAA, and 10 for AA) or
A player who is returning to a division they played in the preceding Spring season
The VLL Board of Directors (BOD) reserves the right to move players to and from the Registration and Wait Lists pursuant to the procedure outlined above and at its discretion.
If your player has been Registered and the BOD determines that he or she is to be moved to the Waitlist, a representative from the BOD will contact to notify you of the move, and at which time:
You will be offered enrollment in a lower division for which your player is eligible to play in, based on availability and eligibility, or
You will be refunded your Registration fees and placed onto the Waitlist for the division in which the player was originally Registered
Players who are activated from the Waitlist will be notified and will be provided 48-hours to complete Registration and:
Pay Registration dues in full or
Submit documentation of an intent to enroll in a qualifying scholarship program (e.g., City of Vista Scholarship Program) or
Contact the BOD regarding alternative payment options
If any player above the age of 7 is placed on the Waitlist but wishes to register for a different local Little League, families should contact the BOD at their earliest convenience to attain a waiver which would release the player for participation at a different local Little League program. Players aged 4-7 are eligible to play in any local Little League of their choice and do not need a waiver. VLL is committed to assisting in giving players and families as many opportunities to play Little League as possible.
Definitions:
Registered - A player who has completed the signup process via the VLL website within the timeline prior to the player’s registered division being full
Waitlist – A player who either signed up after the player’s registered division was full or a player who was moved from the enrollment list to the waitlist
Enrolled – A player who has been registered and placed into a division as a participating player.