Participation in Older Divisions of District or National Championships – 2017-18 Season and Beyond Beginning in the 2017-18 season, no player 12 years of age or younger (as defined in the age classification chart for the current season) is eligible to play on a team intending or declared to compete in the District or National Championships or playoffs leading thereto. A player 13 years of age or older may play on a youth or girls’ team in an older classification at a District or National Championship Tournament only if the applicable Affiliate’s rules or decisions, and the applicable local program’s rules or decisions, permit that player to do so. (Michigan rules do allow this) A player residing in one Affiliate may not play on a team in an older classification in a different Affiliate unless both the Affiliate where the player resides and the Affiliate where the player desires to play have granted permission to play in an older classification. In the event a youth or girls player has been denied the permission to play in an older classification in the Youth or Girls’ District or National Championships on a team in an Affiliate other than the Affiliate where the player resides, the player may appeal such denial to the National Championship Appeal Committee. 

A 2005 Birth Year Player (12 years old) cannot play on a Tier 1 - 2003 Bantam Major U14 team (national bound)

A 2005 Birth Year Player  (12 years old) cannot play on a Tier 2 - 2003 Bantam Major U14 team (national bound) 

A 2005 Birth Year Player  (12 years old) can play on a Tier 1 - 2004 Bantam Minor U13 team (not national bound)

A 2005 Birth Year Player (12 years old) can play on a Tier 2 - 2004 Bantam Minor U13 team (not national bound)

A 2005 Birth Year Player (12 years old) can play on a  Bantam B U14 team (not national bound)

A 2004 Birth Year Player  (13 years old) can play on a Tier 1 - 2003 Bantam Major U14 team (national bound)

A 2004 Birth Year Player (13 years old) can play on a Tier 2 - 2003 Bantam Major U14 team (national bound)

Only a 2002 Birth Year Player (15 years old) can play on a Tier 1 - 2002 Midget Minor 15 team (national bound)