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What actually breaks in Western PA tryouts

The 6 patterns our bias engine catches every season — with citations.

USA Hockey Coaching Ethics §2.1

Coach picks own kid

Coach evaluates their own player and places them on the top team.

PA Nonprofit Law §5508

Board member advantage

Board members' kids placed without published scoring or outside evaluators.

WHA Manual §4

No outside evaluators

Evaluations run by insiders only — required neutral evaluators absent.

PA Nonprofit Law §5508

Hidden scoresheets

Parents can request written evaluation sheets — clubs must produce them.

Mid-Am District Policy

Selective makeup tryout

There are no makeup tryouts. One offered to certain players = violation.

PAHL Roster Rules

Too many play-up players

No more than 25% of a roster may be play-up players.

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