MLOFlag Football DRAFT RULES

MLO Flag Football DRAFT RULES

 Updated 8-9-25

1)  The MLOFLAG Draft is based on the Mandatory Skills Clinic to help create an even playing field for all teams.

2)  If a player does not complete the clinic, then they are NOT eligible to be drafted and will be placed on a waitlist until they complete skills evaluation.

3)  Any player caught cheating in the clinic will be notified and either given a rating by the Commissioner/Committee or placed on the waitlist and/or might be suspended or removed from the league.

4)  Head Coach and Assistant Coach #1 child are automatically frozen. (Any other relationship MUST be approved by the committee.)

5)  IF siblings are being FROZEN each sibling counts towards the 3 MAX amount of frozen players, in ALL scenarios 3 is the MAX number of freezes per team.

6)  Assistant Coach must have submitted background check to be deemed frozen by Head Coach.

7)  If the head coach is not returning or is moving to a different division, the assistant coach from the previous season, who is becoming the head coach of that team, can freeze players from that prior team.

8)  Each team is allowed to freeze up to 3 players TOTAL (Head Coaches child, Assistant Coaches Child and one additional player which must have played for the head coach in the previous season).

9)  If the Head Coach or Assistant Coach #1 does NOT have a child in the corresponding division or if the team does NOT have an assistant Coach up to two returning players that played with the current Head Coach in the previous season can also be frozen but all times that the maximum is 3 frozen players.

10)  Coaches or Players moving up can, if the parent allows, freeze players coached in the previous season prior to moving up.

11)  In ALL scenarios a fully completed and signed freeze form required from parents to be turned in by Coach prior to draft commencing.

12)  Draft Order is determined by pulling a number out of a hat.

13)  Siblings MUST be drafted together. NO OTHER RELATIONSHIP is guaranteed to be drafted together.

14)  There are NO TRADES/SWAPS ALLOWED.