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| June 12, 2016 halfpint20 Women's 40 21 posts | Release rules What is the legit rule of getting released? One person is telling me a player gets one release per year (from team A to team B), another saying it's two per year (from A to team B back to team A). Please clarify. |
| June 12, 2016 ShaneV Men's 55 393 posts | Released once, added once, then frozen. 4.2(2) • ADDING / RELEASING ROSTER PLAYERS Players may be added to qualified rosters for the Eastern or Western Nationals, the World Masters Championships or the Tournament of Champions under the following conditions: 1. The team has qualified. 2. Players to be added must be otherwise eligible as to age, residency and rating experience history for the team they seek to join. PLAYING RULES 21 3. Players added must not exceed the 20-member roster limit. All players listed on the official roster (excluding “roster exemption players”) must have been present and played at the qualifier. 4. Players to be added may be required to secure a player release if they are on another qualified team roster. (See §4.2(2) E.) 5. The number of players that may be added is limited by the number of players already on a roster. If a qualified team has at least 15 (or 16, depending on the number of defensive players normally used) from the original qualifying roster, that team is prohibited from adding “roster exemption players,” except as allowed by §4.2(2) B. A. Teams adding “roster exemption players,” and that normally play with ten defensive players, will have a roster limit of 15 players. Teams that normally play with 11 defensive players (age 70+ and older men’s teams and senior women’s teams) will have a roster limit of 16 players. B. Teams may request to add players who are regular members of the team, but were not able to attend the qualifying tournament. The roster restrictions do not apply to regular team members. C. If a qualified team's roster falls below 12/13 players, the team may apply to add players until it reaches the 12/13 player level. Those players may be from the same age group in the same or lesser skill level, or equivalent. D. If an invited team's roster falls below the 15/16 limit, the team may apply to add players until it reaches the 15/16 player level. Those players must be from the next older age group in the same or lesser skill level, or equivalent. NOTE: For §4.2(2) B-D, managers must apply to SSUSA in writing for approval of those players. Player additions will be approved or denied on an individual basis. Procedures: 1. The originals of all teams' rosters will have been mailed to SSUSA Headquarters in Sacramento by the tournament director at the end of each qualifying tournament, so managers wishing to add a player must: (a) type or print the player's information on the front of a copy of their roster form or on a blank roster form; and (b) underneath the player's name on the next line, record the name of the team with which he has been playing. Mail the forms to: Senior Softball World Championships 9823 Old Winery Place, Ste. 12, Sacramento, CA. 95827 2. The documents must be received by SSUSA no later than 15 days prior to the published registration date of the Senior Softball World 22 PLAYING RULES Masters Championships. The registration date is the day before play begins in the Senior Softball World Masters Championships. E. Player release – Managers may not add a player from another qualified team unless the player has been legally released. Both the manager of the previous team and the player must sign the release and the written release shall be forwarded to SSWC headquarters. Once added, a player becomes frozen on the roster of the team that added him. Exception: Player playing on teams in two different age groups is frozen on both rosters. NOTE: Player release is at the sole discretion of the team manager. SSUSA does not arbitrate, nor compel, a player’s release in the event of a dispute. |
