The Canadian Lacrosse Association has made some questionable decisions in the past year, and the British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League is sick of it.
Ken Wood, the BCJALL president told the Nanaimo Daily News that decisions made by the CLA are hurting player saftey and they will try to convince other provinces to join them.
The BCJALL will take the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League as well, a Jr A lacrosse league in Alberta. Wood says that the move should be finalized by 2015, and they are hoping to add leagues in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
One of the biggest issue, other than the facemask controversy, is players transferring. Teams can refuse to release a player who can’t play for that team, and then they will have to make a trade where they can demand pretty much whatever they want from the other team, according to the report.
Teams are also now allowed just two transfers from other provinces where in the past it would be five, and Wood says there are several “players buried in junior B lacrosse in the East that would be among the top players on many junior A teams in the West.”‘
Currently Saskatchewan has a Junior B league but Wood believes that in a few years they could have a Junior A circuit. The BCJALL will meet again in September at their board of governor’s meeting.
