Excused absences include illness/injury, major family events (e.g., funeral, wedding, etc.), and school functions (e.g., open house) provided the team’s Unit Director is notified in advance of the missed practice.

Family vacations and participation in other sports are considered unexcused. 

Your team's Unit Director, in cooperation with your team's Head Coach, will determine if absences are excused or unexcused and they have the discretion to limit the playing time of any player who has missed more than two (2) practices for any reason in any given week, based on considerations for player(s) safety. 

Players with unexcused absences may not be permitted to play in the following scrimmage/game per league rules, which state:

6.5.1 Any otherwise eligible player having two (2) unexcused absences from practices during a game week shall be held out for 1st half of that week’s game. Any otherwise eligible player having three (3) or more unexcused absences from practice during a game week shall not participate in that week’s game.