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| March 3, 2023 Nancy Allen | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 16' inch Tournament Arizona Just a thought, the person posting asked to contact them at an E-mail address. Did anyone follow that contact instruction? With only 2 posts, they are not a regular poster. That is certainly an interesting place for 16” softball. I like watching it in the Chicago area. |
| Feb. 15, 2023 Nancy Allen | Topic: Bats Discussion: For Dave Dowell This site has lots of information, and if you look at Bat Policy above, you should have all of the information available that you need. Since you did not list a manufacturer, model, etc, more information would be needed, but you have all of the information now. |
| Dec. 26, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: 65 over leagues Did you look at the Leagues link above? I do not know how accurate it is for California. I try to keep the one in my area up to date but is a moving target. |
| Dec. 21, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Moving from Volunteer Umpires to Paid Umpires in our recreational yet competitive Senior Softball League Dave, thank you, much better than me trying to paraphrase what my accountant said. I know that you know this field most likely better than anyone else on this board given your background. Basically nobody rides for free when it comes to getting paid. Appreciate you. |
| Dec. 21, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Moving from Volunteer Umpires to Paid Umpires in our recreational yet competitive Senior Softball League Dave, thank you. I know given your background that you give the legally correct answers. I also know that you "appreciate" the situations here. You know that my area of expertise is definitely in another field. Stick8, there really is no such thing as tax free money. I will tell you what my accountant says and would value Dave's input as well. The IRS only knows about money that get a 1099 or W-2 for. So you have to file on those. Other money such as cash is considered taxable, but a person makes the choice if they do not file it. If the IRS finds out about it somehow, then there is no argument with them that is tax free. I go with my accountant's advice in what I do on my business of softball and do file all of my expenses. Lots of umpires get into trouble because they do not do what they need to with the money earned umpiring and can tell lots of stories about that of others' situations. Just take good care of you in the situation, and be careful in categorizing some payments as tax free. Merry Christmas to all from the smallest but maybe loudest umpire. |
| Dec. 18, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Moving from Volunteer Umpires to Paid Umpires in our recreational yet competitive Senior Softball League Dave, this is more for you than anyone else especially because you understand taxes and know the park here that starts these trends. So what they are doing here is to charge the players the umpire fees. Then before the game, the managers have to go to the office to collect their fee to pay the umpires. So the park gets out of the tax business, and the umpires are basically being paid cash. As an umpire I do not like it and rarely do those games. I do not like having to chase both coaches down to get money before can start a game (I could list all of the side issues). Also I may be one of the few that actually runs mine as a business with reporting and expenses. I do NOT recommend this as a way to pay umpires but know that you would appreciate this. |
| Dec. 17, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 2023 TOC Does anyone really believe that NSA, USA Softball, or Utrip coordinate with each other on young guy softball? Why hold senior softball associations to a different standard? They are competitors in the same market. |
| Oct. 17, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 11 Players For 65 Brackets Mikelmart, thank you, very valid points. We had an older team force our guys to use 11 in one of our spring training games (we would meet them at their park) like them, and you are right; they just could not play it correctly. Very smart older team. |
| Oct. 17, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: You make the call: I totally agree with k man, but it used to drive my team crazy. I told them that I do not care unless he gets on base. I was umpiring an indoor world series years ago. The coach of a team that I knew very well made a similar challenge, and I told him that the correct batter just assumes the wrong batter's count. He was not going for it, and he was very vocal about protesting. I told him that he could if he wanted, but he would lose the $85. So we stopped long enough for him to give the state director $85 and be told that I was right. He did apologize, but I told him that I have no issue asking on something if I do not know, but being Coachie's scorekeeper for years, I knew a lot about how to get outs without a glove. |
| Oct. 12, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 11 Players For 65 Brackets Titanhd, did you know that all major softball associations have conventions where rules are discussed and voted on every year? I just want whatever makes the players happy and have never heard a 65+ speak against it, and I talk to a lot of them. I kind of think of it as an older solution to a 5 man infield because as you get older, it is harder for 3 outfielders to cover that ground. I prefer the short fielder but rarely see that played in the Midwest. For those with strong opinions, take the proper steps, and submit your proposal(s) to the rules committee for consideration. Nothing will happen by arguing about it here. When our players asked me to submit it, I did through proper channels. The rules committee voted against it then, and I reported that back to the players here that had asked me. Their major reason for the request was because they felt like different defense make up between senior associations impacted their rosters. They did not ask for it on the basis of defense itself. |
| Oct. 9, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 11 Players For 65 Brackets Dave, thanks. I knew that you would know all of the history. |
| Oct. 9, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 11 Players For 65 Brackets Bruce303, oddly several years ago the players in my state asked me to present the 11th player to the rules committee because they felt that it was needed to play the same defense in all associations. I believe that it was voted against unanimously. I did what the players asked me to do and relayed the result back to them. I believe that someone has presented that request for change almost every year. So I believe that more 65s have wanted it over the years than didn’t based on many opinions shared with me. |
| Oct. 3, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 50AAA Worlds Men’s results BH44, congratulations. I have watched your team for years and talked with many team members over the years. You should be very proud of your accomplishments in this tournament. I am proud to know you and proud of you. It says a lot that your team and Chi Town Assault placed like that. It says a lot about the Midwest teams. |
| Sept. 29, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Moving Rocket3, that would probably be a good question for the state director. You can find his contact information under Links above. There is also some information under Leagues above. That information is only as accurate as of the time that it is submitted. You might also look under Ratings above to see more about teams. You can click on the State heading and will sort the list to put New York all together. Best wishes. |
| July 29, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Updated Tagout54, his Details show Florida. I see that there are no Details for you but am guessing North Carolina from an earlier post. |
| July 25, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Columbus IN 17Black, we are also a state with a lot of racing. There are dirt and asphalt tracks everywhere mostly on Fridays and Saturdays. There is also some drag racing. My belated Coachie and I went a lot because we were here. We are the Racing Capital of the World. I guess there was horse racing at the track at the casino as well. Hope that your guys didn't give them too much money. |
| July 25, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Columbus IN 17Black, it was good to see you this weekend. I had suggested Shelbyville (Blue River Memorial Park). It is a very nice 4 diamond complex that is maybe 30 minutes up I-65 and is much nicer than Lincoln. It also has motels and the casino that some of the guys drove to anyway. The guy that runs it had promised the fields to the director and then said that he double booked. Guess who lost the fields? Unfortunately he is known for this behavior before. The problem is that the other good fields local are usually booked; Shelbyville rarely is. I am thinking about going down to Seymour and looking around. We used to do Martin Electric tournaments down there, but I do not know if those fields are even still being maintained. If anyone reading this does know that, please share that with me. None of the ISA directors are even close to local so I try to be as helpful to them as possible. They are a great bunch of guys. The last time that I was at Dunn, it was hit by a tornado a few weeks before, and no one really noticed. At least they never schedule a team to stay there the entire tournament. Congratulations on your 2nd place. That looked like a very tough division. Hopefully I will catch up with you again this season. Best wishes. |
| July 18, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Foul Tip I only know of one adult association that does not require the ball to go over the batter's head. So when we have umpires from that association, I always stress that with them. They changed the rule quite a few years ago and only requires an effort by the catcher. The only thing that makes sense about it in my mind is that on a ball coming back that the umpire might pull their head and not actually be sure if the ball went over the batter's head or not. There was a big controversy about it in Champaign years back, and the director came and got me to resolve it. I was in the dugout with our team at the time. So anyone that is familiar with that tournament of days passed will know who that director was. |
| May 3, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Update My Registration AJC, still above the diamond which is good. I never have any problem getting through to the office. Yes, I use the bat phone. I suspect that his was a time zone issue, but he was happy to solve it there and like to keep the players happy. |
| May 3, 2022 Nancy Allen | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Update My Registration AJC, good to "see" you. One of the guys that we registered last weekend was saying that he was frustrated because seemed to be having issues contacting the office or doing online; I don't really know why. So I offered him a solution at the park, and he seemed alright with it. The other one just wanted to get it done. Enjoy your season. |
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