5.9 The All Star Selection Process (from PONY Rulebook as modified)
1. Manager and Coach Selection Process:
a. Any manager of a regular season team interested in coaching an All-Star team will submit their name as a potential candidate to the Board one-month prior to the All-Star selection meeting. The Board will approve all potential All-Star Managers. Criteria to be considered by the Board should include the manager’s performance during the season, desire, and likelihood that their child will be on that team.
b. The All‐Star manager is then selected by manager vote from the approved pool AFTER all of the team positions are filled. In the event of a tie, a second vote will take place after each candidate presents their case for why they should be the manager. If the vote is still tied, the All-Star Commissioner, or surrogate, will cast the tie-breaking vote.
2. Player Selection Process:
a. At or near the middle of the regular season, the All-Star Commissioner will solicit a list of players that each manager thinks should be considered for an All-Star team. In addition, the All-Star Commissioner will send an opt-in notice to the league to determine which players wish to be considered. A player must opt-in to be considered for selection to an All-Star team.
b. The All-Star Commissioner will then compile the lists of players from each division and disseminate it to the division managers. Mangers will then be responsible for “scouting” these players prior to the All-Star selection process. It is the responsibility of each manager to know each player’s ability and not to simply take the word of a player’s manager.
c. One-week prior to the All-Star selection meeting, each manager will submit the names of 12 older players (A-team) and 12 younger players (C-team) to the All-Star Commissioner, who will tally the results prior to the selection meeting.
d. Any player who is on all of the manager lists will automatically be on the team. Those players with at least 75 percent of the managers’ votes will also automatically be on the team. At the All‐Star selection meeting, the All-Star Commissioner will hold a round table discussion of all players with a “high number of votes” (as determined at the Board and/or All-Star Commissioner ‘s discretion). All of the remaining positions are filled based on a simple majority vote. Votes will be conducted silently with run‐offs in the event of a tie.
e. If a majority of the managers agree that a “B” team should be created players in each league who did not make the “A” or “C” team, then a “B” team All-Star selection will occur as described above.