Please be aware that if the air quality is very poor, we may evaluate whether or not cancelation is in the best interest of our players and referees.

Using airnow.gov as our source of truth for local air quality measurements, the board will cancel games if the Air Quality Index (AQI) is 200 or above, and will consider cancelation if the AQI is 150 or above.

The AASA board adopts the following policy regarding weather-related suspensions of play or cancellation of games. This policy shall be posted on this web page and at the league office at Fuller Park. The address & map for Fuller Park can be found on our Location page.

• When lightning is sighted, or thunder heard, during or before games, play will be suspended for a minimum of 30 minutes for severe weather to clear. Additional lightning sighted or thunder heard will restart the 30 minute count. Play can resume when board members or referees present concur that it is safe to do so.
• If a delay lasts more than 45 minutes, or if extended severe weather is forecast, games can be declared abandoned by any of the following:
  1. Consensus of the board members present (including members-at-large).
  2. In the absence of board members, by consensus of the referees present.
  3. Decision of the league president, whether or not present.
• When a lightning/thunder suspension is called, referees MUST signal a suspension of play, pick up the game ball, and return to a covered location. Players should be told to return to their vehicles or seek cover until games are resumed, or declared abandoned.
• Games abandoned before half-time shall not be recorded as official games. Games abandoned after half-time, or resumed to allow at least half of the scheduled playing time shall be recorded as official games.
• League officers or board members present have the authority to apply these guidelines in the best way they see fit, with the safety of players and referees given greatest importance.
• Referees shall be paid in full for games shortened or abandoned due to lightning.

• Generally, games will continue as scheduled despite rainy or wet conditions, in the absence of lightning or thunder.
• In the event that the City of Ann Arbor notifies the AASA Board that fields are unplayable; OR that the president or board determine that playing after severe or sustained rains would cause excessive damage to the fields, games may be canceled.
• League officials or board members will make all efforts to announce cancellations at least 2 hours before kick-off to allow dissemination of the news.
• When a decision has been made to cancel games, the news shall be posted immediately on the league’s home page, and disseminated by various electronic means. The Referee Coordinator should also be contacted immediately by phone and/or e-mail to speed contact of the referees.
• Referees shall be paid a $10 cancellation fee when games are canceled at least 1 hour prior to scheduled kickoff on the same day due to rainouts, flooding or wet conditions. This fee shall be paid instead of and not in addition to full pay for the scheduled game. Referees shall be paid their game rate for same-day cancellations within 1 hour of scheduled kickoff. Referees shall not be compensated when games are canceled before the day they are to be played (for instance: due to severe flooding or by order of the city). AASA will take reasonable steps to quickly inform referees of cancellations; however, it is the referee’s responsibility to ensure AASA has current contact information.

• Extreme heat advisories or warnings will also be subject to consideration regarding cancellations. Abnormally high heat indexes and/or wet bulb globe temps projected during gametime may result in cancellation.
•  Rules and considerations regarding notifications to players and referees, as well as payment, match the rainout policies. 

Approved by AASA board vote 7/27/2009
Amended by AASA board vote 5/3/2011

Amended by AASA board vote 8/30/2022, 9/7/2022