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| July 20, 2012 Gary33 149 posts | Age groups I thought in SSUSA you could Play 50 Major and 55 AAA in the same year because of the age jump and play for both teams. Is this still true? |
| July 20, 2012 leftyodoul Men's 65 106 posts | You've got it backwards. It's 50AAA and 55 Major. |
| July 20, 2012 SSUSA Staff 3490 posts | You may not play the combination of 50-Major and 55-AAA at the same time (season). The 50-Major Rating Index (R/I) is 8 and the 55-AAA R/I is 6. A player may not play on teams with more than one R/I value unit spread. A 50-Major player may play 55-Major+ (R/I=8) or 55-Major (R/I=7) so long as he does not cause that 55-M team to exceed the maximum of 3 out of rating players. |
| July 20, 2012 SSUSA Staff 3490 posts | 50-AAA and 55-Major is an acceptable combination, since both have a R/I = 7. If in the same tournament, the player bears the burden of game scheduling conflicts, but this is otherwise permitted. |
| July 20, 2012 SILENT ONE 1 posts | I have to disagree my understanding is if your over 55 and play on a 50 major team you can play 55aaa. |
| July 20, 2012 17Black Men's 60 414 posts | ^^^^^^^ NO that cannot be right If you play MAJOR with younger guys you shouldn't be able to play in a lower division (AAA/AA) with older guys. Not taking away from Over 55 at all, some great, GREAT players there. If you play AAA with younger guys and want to play in a higher division with "more mature" guys that should be OK, because you are already "older" playing with younger guys in AAA. that's how I read the rule. |
| July 22, 2012 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | how about a 60 M+ player,where does that fall when dropping in age....i know of a 60 M+ (HOF)playing 50 AAA....... |
| July 22, 2012 SSUSA Staff 3490 posts | The combination of 60-Major+ and 50-AAA would be a permissible roster composition. Please see the accompanying chart for further guidance on which levels of play may be acceptable, within one Rating Index value: |
| July 23, 2012 Jawood Men's 50 943 posts | The index chart is a pretty good way to slot teams for tournaments that different age groups play each other because the lack of teams, which is most tournaments. This chart however, is based on 5 year increments. Because of that a 40 M+ should be an 11, a 40 M should be a 10 and a 40 AAA should be a 9. There is no way a 50 M+ is equal to a 40 M. If the age group is 10 years younger instead of 5, they should be rated 2 points higher, not one. |
