The Oakland Athletic League recognizes that interscholastic athletic activities are an integral part of a student’s educational experience. Therefore, our vision is to create a league where all students, regardless of their playing level, gender, sexual orientation, or physical handicaps, have a safe and nurturing environment to develop as a whole person through sports.

OAL Safe & Nurturing Sports Best Practices:

✓ Provide exemplary athletic oversight through swift, fair, consistent, and impartial regulatory rulings.

✓ Operate with an openness that generates trust with strict fiscal accountability with equitable funding practices.

✓ Provide neutral, responsive, and inclusive leadership.

✓ Honor our ultimate purpose, which is to foster lifelong values, good citizenship, ethics, and a fair-play approach among student-athletes while promoting safe athletic environments.