All USA rules will be followed except for the following modifications:
- Our season starts Sept 1 and ends Aug 31. Our ages are determined by the age the player is on Sept 1. Example: If the players age is 10 on Sept 1, 2021 they are 10u eligible in our tournaments from Sept 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022. Starting Sept 1, 2022 the player moves up to 12u(or 11u if we have it).
- 75 min finish the inning for all pool and bracket games. Pool games can end in tie due to schedule. No Time limit in Championships.
- You can bat roster and do free defensive substitution during all pool and bracket games.
- Mercy rule is 15 in 3, 10 in 4, 8 in 5.
- Seeding goes by record, head-to-head, runs allowed, runs scored, in that order. If there are 3 or more teams with the same record it will automatically skip the head to head rule for all teams with that record and go to runs allowed then runs scored.
- All teams must be ready 30 mins prior to game time.
- Home team will be decided by coin flip in pool. Highest seed decides home or visitor in bracket.
- Same seeds will be decided by coin flip.
- In bracket play ties will be decided by international tie breaker after time has expired.
- Game is complete after 4 innings.
- If weather shuts down the tournament the highest two seeds remaining in the age division will receive the awards as champions & runners up. If there are same seeds it will go to runs allowed and then runs scored.
- We provide game balls unless told otherwise. This is a courtesy and we want to do that for you. HR balls are yours. We do ask to trade out one of yours so you get the actual HR ball. We also ask the team batting to chase foul balls. If it becomes an issue that balls are not being returned, the umpire will stop the game until balls are returned or teams will start providing their own. There maybe a time that location runs out of balls for whatever reason. If you provide a ball until we get more we will make sure you get yours back.
- It is the job of both book keepers to compare scores after each inning. If there is an issue the umpire can not fix the home team book is the official score.
Rec/Lower Level Travel Team Tournaments – This means if you are a rec team you can only have 5 or less kids that are on travel teams This helps prevent the “rec team” that are actually playing in the same rec league but have an entire roster put together with kids on different travel teams. Lower level travel team as in losing record and win/loss ratio 75% or lower. (9 wins and 12 losses = 9/12=75%). If at anytime during the tournament a team entered claiming to meet these standards and lied they will be removed from the tournament on the spot.
Policies
- Entry fee must be paid in full to make the schedule. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. We have dealt with too many bad checks, teams not paying, and not showing. Its not worth our time to promote the “travel world of musical chairs”. You either want to play with us and commit or move on. Everybody involved including our staff, the other coaches and teams, and the scheduled umpires have other things to prepare for than worry about the commitment of your team.
- If you drop once the schedule is completed you forfeit your entry fee unless we find a replacement team.
- If the tournament is cancelled due to not enough teams you will be given a full refund.
- If weather shuts down the tournament you will be given a partial refund according to games you played vs guaranteed games. If weather shuts down tournament with no games played you will be given full refund minus 6% to help offset tournament expenses.
Refunds
- We run a lot of events. We have a lot of transactions and communication going on. We try to get refunds out as soon as possible. The event date is when we start taking care of refunds pertaining to it. If you have not received a refund within 5-7 business days after the scheduled event, send us an email and we will take care of you. Premierathleticsusa@yahoo.com
Protest
To protest you must have announced it at the time of the play. You will pay a nonrefundable $100 fee. The tournament director will talk to all umpires and both coaches to come up with a decision. Please understand the TD was not there so that is all he/she has to make a decision.
8u
- No time limit. 6 innings
- 3 swings or 5 pitches. Stay alive with fouls.
- 6 runs per inning, unlimited in the 6th.
- Mercy rule is 15 in 3, 10 in 4, 8 in 5
- No halfway marks.
- Umpire will call play dead when they determine lead runner has been stopped.
- 4 out fielders and 1 coach allowed in outfield during defense.
- Defense must have a catcher
