Slowpitch - Softball Nation

It is the responsibility of each Area Director to properly classify the teams from his/her area.

It is the mission and intent of SoftballNation to encourage teams to participate at the highest and most competitive level of competition for that team’s ability. SoftballNation will use every method possible to determine each team’s proper classification and may re-classify a team to a higher or lower level at any time during the season, including just prior to the National Championship Tournaments.

SoftballNation reserves the right to remove a team from any tournament competition at any time if it is determined by opinion of the Tournament Official(s) in charge that the team in question is not participating at an appropriate level of competition. If a team is removed from competition for any reason, the team forfeits any rights to any refund of entry fees or expenses. By sanctioning with SoftballNation, each team agrees to abide by the rules in the Softballnation Official Rule Book.

Qualifying Roster
Each team must provide a completed Official SoftballNation Roster before participating in a SoftballNation sanctioned event. This roster is considered a team’s qualifying roster that may change during the course of the season.
 

Official Post Season Rosters are due along with their team’s entry fee no later than five (5) days before the team’s first game of their respective State Championship Tournament. Official Post Season Rosters must be submitted to the respective State Championship Tournament Director before the team is eligible to participate.

All rosters must be submitted online at your team page at: www.softballnation.com
Adult rosters my be signed by each participating player.

Each team participating in a SoftballNation National Championship event will be participating with their Official Post Season Roster that was submitted to the State Championship Tournament Director. If a team is eligible to bypass their respective State Championship, they must submit an Official Post Season Roster along with their team’s entry fee no later than 21 days prior to the National Championship event.
A team participating in a SoftballNation National Championship event is allowed to add up to two (2) players to their official post season roster under the following conditions:
1) The team’s roster has space to allow for the addition(s). A team may not have more than 20 players on its roster.
2) The player(s) being added have obtained an official release from their previous team and the release is proper and within the SoftballNation Add/Drop Guidelines.
3) The player(s) being added have not participated at a higher classification during the current season. This includes classifications of other nationally recognized sanctioning organizations.
4) The player(s) being added are not on another official post season roster.
5) The player(s) were released prior to and did not participate with another team in their respective State Championship tournament.

NOTE: The act of playing for a team, i.e. participating in a tournament with a team constitutes a player’s intention of being a member of that team.

Adding/Dropping Players: (One Move Per Season):
A player may be released from a team at any time with an official release in writing from the team’s official coach/manager. The official release must be received by the team’s Area Director or the National Office before the released player may join another team.

Once a player is officially released from a team, he is a free agent and is eligible to play for any other team at the same or higher classification. Once a player is officially released from a team, he may not re-join that team for the remainder of the current season.

Once a player has established his level of play by participating with a team, he may not participate at a lower level for the remainder of the current season.
A player is only eligible for an official release once during the current season.

For tournament play: all teams should have a completed roster with appropriate signatures and by participating with SoftballNation, all teams agree to follow the guidelines set by the organization and agree to the following waivers:

Waiver:
In consideration of being permitted to participate as a member team with SoftballNation/ Sportsnation , I hereby agree for myself, successor, heirs and assigns, release and forever discharge Sportsnation.org, and Softballnation, their employees, officers, and directors from all claims, actions or judgements I may have or claim to have against Sportsnation.org/Softballnation for all personal injuries, including death, and injuries to property, real or personal, caused by or arising out of my participation with Sportsnation/Softballnation, - either Leagues or Tournaments. I further agree for myself, successor, heirs and assigns to indemnify and hold Sportsnation/Softballnation harmless from all claims and suits for personal injuries, including death, damages to property caused by my act of omission arising out of participation with Sportsnation/Softballnation and from all judgements recovered and from all expenses incurred in defending said claims or suits. I further agree that my photographs, pictures, slides or movies taken or made by Sportsnation/Softballnation, their employees, officers and directors, in connection with my participation with Sportsnation/Softballnation either leagues or tournaments, or any reproduction of the same, as well as my name, may in any manner be used by Sportsnation/Softballnation, or by any person, corporation or association authorized by Sportsnation/Softballnation. I am in good health and have no physical condition that would prevent me from participating in Sportsnation/Softballnation events.