What has AYSO concluded it must do when a volunteer asks AYSO to choose between the risk to the kids and the risk to the volunteer?
Admittedly, even the best devices and protocols cannot eliminate entirely either risk. Thus, some volunteers have asked AYSO to waive the requirement for the SSN – i.e., to choose between the two risks and to make the risk to the volunteers a greater priority than the risk to the kids. We believe that AYSO must always stand up for the principle that, as between the two groups, it should never be the kids who are put at increased risk. As a result, we have instructed all CVPAs to not accept a volunteer application from anyone refusing to fully cooperate with the process, including supplying the SSN. We know this may drive away some volunteers. But, we also know that it will drive down the risk that our kids otherwise would face. We therefore remain convinced that, when asked to choose, AYSO must opt to put child protection ahead of the risk, if any, to a volunteer from supplying the SSN. Is this choice something that has been mandated unilaterally by the NSTC? During the 1997 re-write o
