Tournament Sanction Rules & Guidelines

TOURNAMENT SANCTION RULES & GUIDELINES

This form and the "Tournament Sanction Form" must be submitted a minimum of two week prior to the even start date.

1. All tournaments must be sanctioned by Softball Saskatchewan through the Executive Director. No tournament will be sanctioned unless the tournament committee or Association is an affiliated member of Softball Saskatchewan.

2. All Softball Saskatchewan/Softball Canada rules & regulations shall apply.

3. No sanctioned tournament shall accept entries from any team which is not an affiliated member of Softball Saskatchewan or any other Provincial Softball Association. It will be the responsibility of the tournament organizers to ensure that all teams participating in their tournament are affiliated with Softball Saskatchewan or another Provincial Softball Association.

4. No team, player or coach who is a member of Softball Saskatchewan is permitted to play in a game with or against a non-member of Softball Saskatchewan without permission of Softball Saskatchewan.

5. Any team, player, coach or manager of an affiliated team taking part in an unsanctioned tournament may be suspended.

6. All games in a sanctioned tournament shall be umpired by registered umpires in Saskatchewan. Umpires who participate in unsanctioned tournaments may be suspended.

7. Should any team withdraw from a sanctioned tournament after the entry has been accepted, the team shall be reported to Softball Saskatchewan for disciplinary action, if deemed necessary.

8. No tournament sanctions will be issued that conflict with any Provincial Championships scheduled for the same dates.

9. Tournaments must use provincial team classification when inviting teams to participate in their event. (i.e. U14 or Men’s/Women’s, etc.)

10. A list of teams competing in the tournament must be submitted to the Softball Sask. office prior to the first game of the tournament.

11. All irregularities, problems, conflicts, etc., must be reported to the Softball Saskatchewan Office no later than five (5) days after completion of the tournament. Applications for a tournament sanction must be made at least two (2) weeks prior to the tournament date. Tournament sanctions must always be posted during the tournament