Coaches and Admins,

Over the past 36 hours or so, a number of changes have been made. 

1.  We will continue to dynamically update the individual team contacts for each team throughout the day as we process the adds/modifies/drops.  Each of the six spreadsheets have been updated (and will continue to be) under Hey Coach/Coach News.  Need a contact added/dropped or modified?  Here is the form:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/SJhSSsNJ

2.  We will continue to add/remove teams as we receive these requests.  MANY of these requests will end up not being granted based on current division configurations.  The most common request at this point will be late team drops.  Other than communicating this information, there is not a whole lot that can be done in these cases.  If a change needs to be made for a team, please complete this form:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/kAyW8Qp1

2A.  Due to repeated confusion between WU94 U-09/U-10 teams with Worthington parent-coached teams, team names have been changed.  WU Cardinals teams (NOT to be confused with Worthington Cardinals teams!) have been renamed WU Black, while WU Warriors teams have been renamed WU Gray and WU Wolves teams have been renamed WU White.  ALL contacts have been updated.  

3.  Reminders concerning scheduling of games:

     *  All teams are expected to play all teams within their division/subdivision.

     *  It is not acceptable at this point to tell a divisional opponent that their schedule is Full.

     *  DOCUMENT emails and texts to teams that are not responding -- we will use this information to either force a team to schedule an opponent OR to explain why one team did NOT reasonably respond.

     *  Once a team has scheduled all divisional teams, they can begin scheduling games against ANY OTHER TEAM in any division or age group!

     *  IMPORTANT POINT FOR COACHES/ADMINS:  Team schedules are being built between January 22nd AND February 5th.  Do NOT bury your head in the sand.  If you have ZERO GAMES or ONE GAME scheduled, you are putting your team BEHIND! 

     *  IF you need HELP, TEXT Barb (812-493-3013), KC (614-381-1170) or Ken (614-515-9300).

4.  We will conduct a New Coaches/New Admins Meeting on SATURDAY, January 28th at 10:00AM (this will be a virtual meeting -- link will be sent by Friday evening).

5.  The league tournament dates are available on the OCL Calendar on the OCL home page.

6.  Please avoid scheduling games during the two Nike Challenge Cup weekends and the second weekend of the League Tournaments as there will be an extra 500-700 games on those weekends and we simply run out of referees.  Please see the OCL Calendar for dates if unsure.

7.  As a starting point, please tentatively schedule weekend games using the following start times:  8:40AM/10:00AM/11:20AM/12:40PM/2:00PM/3:20PM/4:40PM/6:00PM/7:20PM.

8.  If a single coach is scheduling games back-to-back on a weekend, those games can be scheduled more tightly together than the above times.  

9.  If you are adding a game, UNLESS you know your exact field number, please use DUMMY fields (i.e. Darree 7v7 Field, etc.) rather than guessing on a field number.  

10.  If you cannot find a field/dummy field (the fields are sorted by City/Park/Field #), DO NOT ADD A NEW FIELD -- EVERY TIME you enter a field name, another instance of that field will be added to the fields data base further slowing down the system for everyone.

Next update coming within the next 12 to 36 hours.

OSPL/COPL/OCL Team

Coaches and Admins,

We continue to add/modify/drop contacts on a daily basis.  Today's updates took place at about 7:00AM this morning.  Each of the contact lists have been updated as of 7:20AM (those lists can be found at the very bottom of the Hey Coach/Coach News).

All teams should be able to enter their own games into the system (view the tutorial undere Useful Coach/Administrator Information under the Forms, Rules, Referees and More on the OCL home page).  The Game Add/Drop/Modify Process is ONLY USED after we have locked the system down for the season! 

If a contact must still be modified, complete this form:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/SJhSSsNJ

If a team has an extreme situation (keep in mind that in most cases, teams can already schedule any team willing to play them outside of their division ONCE a team has scheduled all teams within their division.), they will consider making a divisional change.  IF you encounter a team NOT participating, but listed, please forward them this form in order for us to properly remove them.

Here is the form to request a change or drop:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/kAyW8Qp1

Much more soon!

OSPL/COPL/OCL Team

Coaches and Admins,

Here are a number of updates for this afternoon, January 23rd as of 3:00PM:

1.  The Scheduling System IS OPEN for the Spring 2023 Season.

2.  CURRENT Contacts for each of the age groups and genders have been uploaded to the Hey Coach/Coach News section of the website.  

They can be found by:

A.  Go to www.ohiochampionsleague.com

B.  Sign in (with the email receiving this broadcast and enter your password/create a password by clicking on the ?)

C.  Go to Hey Coach/Coach News

D.  Scroll to the very bottom (it may be a long scroll!) of the list

E.  Click on the list applying to your team.

3.  IF you need to add/drop/modify a Coach/Team Admin, complete this form (NOTE:  A check with the DOC may be made BEFORE such an add is made):

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/SJhSSsNJ

4.  More useful information can be found under USEFUL INFORMATION FOR COACHES/TEAM AMINS This information can be found by following directions posted YESTERDAY on the site.

OSPL/COPL/OCL Team

All,

The finalized divisions have now been published under Coach News/Hey Coach.  We will be offering several new coach/admin courses over the next several days, BUT, the information you really need is already provided on our OCL Site.

Where to Start?

go to www.ohiochampionsleague.com

Click on Forms, Rules, Referees and More

Click on Useful Information for Coaches/Team Admins

You can also go to the Spring 2023 Regular Season Tab to find the sample email to send to eligible coaches

Which teams MUST I play?

All,

We still have about 8 openings in the referee class TOMORROW morning in Hilliard 9AM-1PM -- if you know someone, get them to register and at least start the online part of the course:  https://learning.ussoccer.com/referee.  There is still time to get registered!

We are rapidly adding new contacts and connecting them to teams.  We are also making a number of division tweaks.  With luck, we will be opening the scheduling process as early as tomorrow evening.

OSPL/COPL/OCL Team