REGULATION 4 SECTION 3 SECTION 3. COMPENSATION FOR THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PLAYERS 1. The Guidelines set out below have been developed to encourage Unions, Rugby Bodies and Clubs to invest in the development of young players and To help ensure that Unions, Rugby Bodies and Clubs, as the case may be, are properly compensated for their investment in the future of the game. 2. As part of their general youth development activities Unions should develop centrally administered licensing schemes for Training Centres. Such licensing schemes must, as a minimum requirement, ensure that there is compliance with the Fundamental Requirements set out in Section 1 of the Guidelines. For young players who receive regular/frequent coaching and training services in a Licensed Training Centre, Unions should establish an “Associate Player” scheme. Licensed Training Centres should be allowed, through their Union’s central registration programme, to register young players who are receiving regular training and/or coaching services in Licensed Training Centres as Associate Players. 3. Under an Associate Player scheme, players over the age of 16, but under the age of majority, who are receiving regular/frequent training and/or coaching services in a Licensed Training Centre, may be registered in that Licensed Training Centre as an Associate Player. 4. Unions should develop a standard Associate Player Registration Form for use by Licensed Training Centres within their jurisdiction. This form must be signed by the player, the players’ parent(s) (or person with parental responsibility) and the player’s head teacher or equivalent person with overall responsibility for the player’s education. All the parties must agree before a player acquires the status of an Associate Player. The form must set out, as clearly as possible, the relevant regulations, governing Associate Players and the obligations on both the player and the Licensed Training Centre. 5. Each Union should prescribe a maximum number of Associate Players that a Licensed Training Centre may register, the recommended number being 30 (although this number may be exceeded at the discretion of a Union where, for example, a Union has only one Licensed Training Centre within its Jurisdiction.) 6. If a player signs and is registered as an Associate Player with a Licensed Training Centre he shall not be entitled to become an Associate Player with another Licensed Training Centre (and/or be registered to play or train with a Union, Rugby Body or Club in any other capacity), unless the Licensed Training Centre to which he is currently registered agrees in writing. 7. Associate Players’ registrations will only be valid for one calendar year from the date the Associate Player Registration Form was signed and the player was registered, unless the Licensed Training Centre elects to retain Last update: 14 January, 2015 87
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