Brighton Bulldogs Board Meeting Minutes
Date: May 10, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Water Tower Shed
Board Members Present: Dennis Trujillo, Shane Sweeney, Lynette Day, Mike Christopherson
Coaches or Team Designee in attendance: Josh Johnson, Marc Dahlberg, Steve Stines, Casey Pelton,, Robert Wagner, Tom Kirchmeyer, Kristy Thomas (Joel), Brandon Burge and Kevin Acker
Approval of April 016 Meeting Minutes – Motion to approve the meeting minutes by Stines and 2nd by Johnson – motioned passed
Financials:Cheer balance =$ 2998, Concessions =$7800, and Football = $33,000, Coach Acker =$284 – No changes. In the process of closing account and transferring the monies from each account to FirstBank. Football registration has been open for a month. We have 67 players registered. Some have paid and some have not. Need to transfer from Dwolla into Firstbank football account
Due to the uncertainty of paying for fields we did not lower the cost of registration. Any new player will receive their uniform covered by the league. If you are returning player and need a uniform either pants, jersey or both, we will be sending information on cost. Fitting day is July 9th. Same day as our Shop day at Dicks
Fields: We need to get our field request in. We will make sure that each team has the fields they need to practice. Also, we were told that our home fields should not be an issue with parking. Soccer is doing it now and it is working. Acker is available to meet with Carleen from City of Brighton fields the week of May 23rd. Dennis and Kevin will schedule another meeting with the City to get everything ironed out.
Equipment: Mike is still waiting for 2 head coaches to turn in their equipment. Inventory will be done when equipment is received. Mike asked the coaches if they received a Coaches kit last year. Dennis and Mike met with Dicks. We will be getting Under Armor kits this year. Coaches’ kits consist of a bag, a couple of balls and tees. We are building an on-going relationship with Dicks to help out them and also our league. Mike also asked the coaches what types of shirts they wanted this season. Coach Johnson will help in figuring this out.
Cheer:Registration for cheer starts on Saturday, May14, 2016 at 10 AM at Water Tower fields. We will hold registration at Dicks the following weekend.
Lynette also asked whether the coaches were interested in offering discount tickets to Elitches. We would have to purchase them on-line through the link. Lynette will send in the paperwork to get this started.
Culturefest is now Summerfest. Happening June 4th from 10AM to 4 PM. Football coaches interested in attending booth for a couple of hours are Kevin Acker, Marc Dahlberg and Steve Stines. Lynette to send out sign up for coverage. Sharing booth with Cheer
Vice-President Report/JMFA Update: Chatfield wants to start their own league. This affects other organizations in that area. The vote was to Notapprove the start up of the new league. The motion passed by unanimous decision.
Update Legal – Creek Red nation and Highlands Ranch going into mediation. The meeting is on May 23rd.
Weigh-Ins – August 17th, Practice starts on August 1st, Draft is the week of July 20th – 31st
Recruiting – If you know a kid who wants to play on your team they need to send an email indicating the coach they want. Coaches also need to have those kids on their list.
USA Football – We have an account. You can get on-line and create your account. Information on accounts were provided to the coaches
Rule changes: The A Gap Rule - Bringing it back. New Version: 31.1 JMFA defensive players cannot lineup in the “A” Gap or head –up on the center during a punt, point after touchdown, and field goal attempt. 31.1.1 The “A “ Gap is defined as the space between the center and guard on offense. 31.1.1.1 The maximum space allowed for “A” Gap is one yard. 31.1.1.2 Players may line up at least one yard off the center position or “A” Gap. If the gap is larger than one yard players can line up on the line of scrimmage one yard outside the Centers shoulders. 31.1.1.3Defensive or punt return team players may not initiate contact with the center inside the one yard space. 31.1.1.4 Once the center leaves the one yard safe area he is treated as any player on the field. 31.1.2 If on 4th down, the Offensive team lines up in normal depth shotgun, the center maybe covered. 31.1.3 The offense must be in an obvious punt, point after or field goal formation. 31.1.4 Penalty: Unsportsmanlike conduct
Benefits of Change: Increase safety of players playing the long snapper position on all special teams’ plays. Limit potential injuries of long snappers and their adjacent players, and simplify the officiating process by making this a simple yes/no pres-snap call on the field.
Vote was to accept the new version. Motion passed unanimously
Rule Change: Waive the patch weight rule for 7th grade divisions. The weight is 135lbs. Benefits of Change: Two seasons for all players to better prepare for the High School levels. Generally if a player is still playing football at the Middle School level then he / she is interested in participating at the next level.
Recommendation was to not approve the rule change but to leave it alone. Passed unanimously
Rule Change: Camp Rules. Camps are defined as an official league or area function offered to all JMFA athletes during the off season. Organizers and participants will teach JMFA sanctioned football skills. All camps must be opened up to more than one age group. All camps must have players from more than one JMFA football team. Camps are defined into three categories. A camp hosted by a third independent party without any ties or funds being provided to JMFA or specific areas. These are generally camps hosted by local or national coaches/organizers. Organizers will contact JMFA or area coordinators directly for approval to advertise through local area or JMFA websites. Non-contact camps organized by JMFA participants which consist of drills that do not require protective equipment. ETC. Attachments added to website.
The motion was to not approve the rule change. Passed unanimously
Rule Change: Rule 5.1 New Version: Roster must list the players’ name complete address; telephone number, birth date, and school grade level at the official weigh in. Player must weigh in with jersey showing players jersey number. Jersey number, weight, and height will be recorded at weigh ins. If jersey is not available, player must have in hand his/her jersey number written on a blank paper to be weighed in
Motion to approve the new version – Motioned passed unanimously
Rule Change: Rule 30.1 New Version: JMFA teams playing in 2nd and 3rd grade football can declare a free punt on 4th down. Benefits of Change: Allows all 3rd grade teams to declare a punt on 4th down for the entire season. Not just during the first three games that the coach is allowed to be on the field with the players.
Recommendation was to keep the current version Vote 5:1 (Johnson for the new). Vote to keep the current passed.
Old Business:
Registration: Registration is open. As of 5/9/16 – there are 67 registrants. Following teams stand at: 2nd grade -1, 3rd Wagner – 2, 4th Hutchings – 5, 4th Delay – 3, 5th Hanson – 8, 5th Kirchmeyer – 7, 6th Dahlberg – 4, 6th Johnson – 4, 7th Acker -4, 7th Goss -9, 8th Flancher – 1, & 8th Stines – 1
Draft – 3rd -3, 4th-1, 5th-4, 6th- 2, 7th- 4, 8th -2
New Business:
Brighton High School Football Coach – Casey Pelton- Information on camps will be coming out soon.
The BHS Spring Football Camp will take place from June 1-10 at the Vikan Middle School football field. All coaches that want to stop by and see what we are doing are more than welcome. If you are interested, send me an email at the week of June 1st so I know who is coming. We will spend this time learning new schemes, identifying and evaluating players, and getting ready for our spring scrimmage. I look forward to hearing from you, and thanks for all you do for the BYAFL. The dates and times for camp are as follows:
June 1st and 2nd-2:30 p.m. Chalk Talk, 3:00 p.m. On field Practice
June 3rd-9:00 a.m. Chalk Talk, 9:30 a.m. On field Practice
June 6th-10th-2:30 p.m. Chalk Talk, 3:00 p.m. On field Practice
Scrimmage-June 11th @ Adams 12 North Stadium. Freshman 9:00-10:30, JV/Varsity 10:30-12:00
Uniform Company Discussion: It was recommended that we state that we are continuing use of our uniform company Elite Uniform Connection. Discussion was uniforms were new last year. We will continue using the same company. Motion was to continue using Elite Uniform Connections. Motion passed unanimously
It was suggested that we do a swap day of old uniforms. We will figure something out.
Shop Day/ Fitting Day: July 17th – at Dick’s Sporting Goods Store – This is the day after Prairie View Thunderhawks have their shop day. Concerns that PV is benefitting from Brighton families not having the correct flyers. Cheer will stand outside the door and hand out flyers to Brighton families to use at checkout. Also the concern is that supplies will be picked over. Suggested moving the date to the week before. Dennis will contact Dicks on a possible switch. Date has been changed to July 9th
Team/ Individual Pictures: Will be held on Saturday, August 20th starting at 9AM. Location TBD. Possibly at the High School
Meeting Adjourned at7:50PM motioned by Stines and Seconded by Dahlberg. Motion passed.