Player permits are available so teams can pick up players to fill vacant game day roster spots and avoid forfeiting games.
i) Permit players will need to be manually written on the game sheet. A “PP” is to be placed to the right of the player’s information. (A “YP” for Youth Permit and “GP” for Goalkeeper Permit. See below for additional information.)
ii) Players may permit up within the same league and throughout all other leagues once registered to any team for the given season. Restrictions apply. See Permit Hierarchy.
iii) Division 1 players may permit to and from any other Division 1 leagues.
iv) The lowest two divisions in all our leagues may permit from each other.
Coed Only: the bottom three divisions may permit from each other.
v) Please refer to B. iv) Division Hierarchy to see where players are allowed to permit.
vi) Any player who plays over the allowed number of permits per team will be considered ineligible and subject to discipline. (See 19.0 DISCIPLINE)
vii) Permits are tied to the player.
viii) If a player permits in any games after using up all their permits with one specific team, the player is deemed as an ineligible player for that game. (See 12.0 INELIGIBLE PLAYERS) It is the team’s responsibility to ensure that all permit players are eligible to play prior to playing with their team. Games will be overturned.
ix) It is the team’s responsibility to ensure that all permit players are eligible to play prior to playing with their team.
x) Players who have been red-carded or are serving suspension are ineligible for permit play until either they have been found innocent or any suspension levied has been fulfilled. (See 19.0 DISCIPLINE)
xi) Permitting is not allowed during SAS Playoff competition/Cup play.
xii) Permit play is tallied for ALL games including exhibition.
xiii) A team can use an unlimited amount of permit players per game. See below for details regarding Youth Permit Players.
xiv) Only players on a league team may permit in our league. Ex: Saskatoon World Cup players may not permit in the league until they are on a league team.
B. ADULT PERMITS
i) Permitting Limits
Out-field players are allowed unlimited permits per season, but no more than five (5) permits can be used for one team.
Goal Keepers are allowed unlimited permits per season, but no more than ten (10) permits can be used for one team.
ii) Goalkeepers - A player who is permitting as a goalkeeper has more permits with one team than out-field players. Goalkeeper permit players must be clearly marked on the game sheet as the goalkeeper (i.e.: “GP”) or they will be considered a regular permit player and disciplinary action may apply. The goalkeeper must only play as a goalkeeper and cannot play as an outfield player, or they will be considered a regular permit player and disciplinary action may apply.
iii) The highest level a player is registered takes priority over lower division registration for permitting.
iv) To permit, player must be eligible based on the league criteria. I.e.: Masters age minimum
v) Players may not permit down within the same league as registered unless Special Circumstances apply. (See below.) Players may only permit up in their given league as per the Division Hierarchy. Players may still permit across to other leagues regardless of the registered division. I.e.: Men’s 4 players can only permit to Men’s 1, 2 and 3 but not Men’s 4, 5 or 6, and can permit to any Coed division - unless they are registered in Coed as well. If so, they follow the same permit rules in Coed from the division they registered.
vi) In the event the league is required to separate divisions into 2A and 2B, as an example, these divisions are considered two different divisions as opposed to just one.
vii) Division Hierarchy - This scale defines where players may permit. See vii) below for special permitting rules.
The division hierarchy will be altered each season with the current divisions so players know where they can permit.
viii) There are special circumstances that allow players to permit elsewhere:
a. Crossover games: both teams will be allowed to permit from the lowest division of the crossover. (Example: In crossover games between M2 and M3 both teams will follow the M2 permitting rules and are allowed to permit from M3 and lower. Therefore, in a different league example, when a W2B team is playing a W2A team they can both use permit players from W2B.)
The highest level a player is registered takes priority over lower division registration for permitting options in crossover games.
b. Women may register or permit into Men’s, Men’s Masters, and Men’s Legends if they are age eligible.
c. Leagues with only one division are allowed to permit from within their division.
d. Coed players in the top division may permit to and from their division for the outdoor season.
e. Players may permit across to other leagues at the same division level and up unless they are registered in that given league.
f. Players in the bottom division of each league can permit to lower division levels across to a maximum of 5 per game. Example: Men’s Boarded 2 (if the lowest division) may permit to Turf 7 (the lowest turf division) and up.
g. Single division leagues are considered the bottom division and may permit up across all leagues to a maximum of 5 per game. Example: Women’s Turf 1 as a single division can permit to Coed 7 and up, Women’s 3 and up, and Masters Women’s 1, Legends Women’s 1 if age eligible.
h. Coed Masters players may permit to any level of Coed, Men’s/Women’s.
i. Masters players may permit to any level of Men’s/Women’s, Coed and Coed Masters.
j. Legends players may permit to any level of Men’s/Women’s, Masters Men’s/Women’s Coed and Coed Masters.
ix) Permitting Division Hierarchy - This scale defines where players may permit for each season. A player may only permit to a division higher than their registered team. See viii) above for special permitting rules.
i) Only youth soccer players registered with a Saskatoon Member Organization (MO) are eligible to play with SAS team(s) as a youth permit if SAS is granted access to said MO’s registration portal and the MO agrees to honour and apply SAS’s discipline policy. Please contact the SAS office to discuss.
Youth permits have twenty-five (25) permits per season with up to five (5) games with any one team as an outfield player, and ten (10) as a goalkeeper. If any suspensions are incurred, the total number of games given as a suspension will be deducted from the remaining games left to play and the Youth Permits cannot participate in any games for seven (7) days. If there are not enough games left as a Youth Permit, they will be applied to the games when the player registers to a team.
a) 2 Yellow Cards, Foul & Abusive Language (not at Official) - seven (7) days b) Foul & Abusive Language (at Official), Serious Foul Play - fourteen (14) days c) Violent Conduct - twenty-eight (28) days
ii) Youth registered players must be a minimum of 15 years of age to be eligible to permit.
iii) An SAS team may permit an unlimited number of Youth approved registered players in a game.
iv) Youth approved players may permit into any age eligible SAS divisions but to a maximum of five (5) with one team.
v) Youth approved registered players are allowed unlimited permits per season to a maximum of five (5) with any one team for outfield players, and a maximum of ten (10) for goal keepers. The Youth season must be active to permit.
vi) Youth Permits must be written and marked “YP” on the game.
vii) Youth permit players MUST have a Saskatoon Soccer player I.D. card present at the game to be eligible to play or Canadian Government issued Photo I.D.
viii) If a youth designated team is registered in and playing in the SAS League, the individual players are restricted to and must follow the guidelines for adult player permits. (See 10.0 PERMIT PLAYERS B. ADULT)
ix) Senior players cannot play for a youth team or permit to a youth team.
x) Youth players may not permit to the coed leagues.
xi) Any players currently participating in the Saskatchewan Premiere League (PSL) youth divisions will only be allowed to permit into the highest SAS division offered. (See 43.0- PROVINCIAL SPECIFIC)
See 44.0 SYS PLAYER SPECIFIC for details as to SYS registered players joining SAS upon completion of their SYS season.
See 7.0 PLAYER REGISTRATION (YOUTH) for details on registering in the adult league after the youth season is completed.
D. TEAM PERSONNEL PERMITTING
i) Team Personnel may not permit to other teams within our league. They can register to the team as Team Personnel (or player) to be on the bench.
