Will LHGCL Committee make teams give up DI bye?

If a team has a DI bye but does not return 50% from prior season, how will the committee make the decision of who stays and who goes to DII?

Will it be based on the number of new players that were or would have been DI?

I'm guessing as few as 3 and potentially up to 5 teams may have to plead their case to stay DI.

General Definitions for League Playing Format and Qualifying Tournament
a) Teams are invited back into LHGCL for the next soccer year (“Bye”) according to the playing format below. The spirit of a bye is to reward returning teams/players for their performance the prior year. A “team” is generally determined by the team name and club affiliation. There is no minimum number of players from the previous soccer year that must be retained by a team to keep a Bye for the club for the next soccer year. However, there are two situations where a bye would not be extended to a club based on the team standings from the prior year.

(2) If 50 percent of the players on a team (based on the roster as of April 1 of the previous soccer year, rounding fractions up to the next whole number*) are not retained by the team applying for a bye, the league bye will remain with the club however the Division placement in the league will be determined by the LHGCL Executive Board or designated board committee. Appeals to the division placement will be heard and ruled upon by LHGCL Executive Board or designated board committee.
*Examples:
50% of 14 players = 7 players
50% of 15 players = 7.5 = 8 players 50% of 16 players = 8 players
50% of 17 players = 8.5 = 9 players 50% of 18 players = 9 = 9 players
Note: If a dispute arises over who has the right to a Bye, the LHGCL Executive Board will determine whether a Bye exists in that particular situation and which team/club will receive the Bye. There is no further appeal allowed on this decision.

It will be interesting to see. There has been so much movement with ECNL and those clubs keeping their byes that I would agree there are probably at least 3-5 teams in D1 that have less then 50% of their returning players. I would just leave it and let the teams play it out. The natural order of things will right itself with league play. Though some teams will probably struggle.

Sounds to me like you know something already....either you get the inside scoop or you are the inside?

Do tell.

This and the CPP........still waiting......

The ECNL Clubs are going to vote their teams out of D1????

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Valid point

Has the final BYE list come out yet ?

of course not

and don't hold your breath