November 27, 2009

Financials

2008 Sponsorship Fee

• Rome Men's Softball Financial Report: View Report

• Sponsorship fee will be increased by $10 per team. 2008 Fee will be $375 per team.
  • Deadline for submitting Sponsorship fee will be Thursday, May 1, 2008
  • Payment received after our May 1, 2008 deadline will increase the Sponsorship fee to $400. That fee must be paid in full by the start of week 1 (Week of May 11). Fee must be received prior to week 1 games to be eligible to participate in league play
  • Methods of Payment include:
    • Cash
    • Check
    • Credit Card (Pay Pal)

RMSA Calendar

Key Dates

RMSA League Realignment

The RMSA Board has set the following goals/structure for the 2008 season.

Note: 10 regular season games (9 Head to Head; 1 position week; 11 total guaranteed games). Last two weeks are comprised of Divisional Playoff games…a tournament playoff format within the division. All Teams qualify for this interdivisional tournament. Tournament winner will get an automatic bid to the City Tournament. Top 4 teams in each division's standings qualify for the City Tournament. City Tournament breakdown: As many as 15 teams, as few as 12 teams.

Rosters 

• Rosters must be turned into the league by Thursday, May 1, 2008.
• The Maximum # of players allowed on a roster is 18.
  • A player can play 3 nights a week, but only on 1 team per night.
  • A player must choose one team to play with in the City Tournament

Additional Notes

• The Board has done away with playoff rosters. The roster that is submitted to the league on May 1 st is your playoff roster. When fielding players for a team in the City Tournament, team captains will play with players that meet the following requirements:
  • The player is on the original team roster submitted to the league on May 1 st.
  • The player meets the requirement of having played in 3 completed games for their respective team. (forfeit does not count as a complete game played)
• Any changes made to a roster after May 1 st must be submitted, reviewed and approved by the Board. The Board reserves the right and the authority to make any changes and will do so strictly on a case-per-case basis.

Official Rules

 Tie Breakers

• Head-to-head
• Total runs scored head-to-head
• Total runs against head-to-head
• Total runs scored
• Total runs allowed
• Playoff game

Suspensions

• If a player is ejected from a game he automatically incurs a mandatory 1 game suspension the following week. Before a player can be reinstated and be eligible to play again, he must attend a mandatory hearing before the RMSA Board of Directors.
• Suspensions beyond the mandatory 1 game suspension can and will be determined by the RMSA Board of Directors on a “case-per-case” basis.

Forfeits

• Official score for forfeit will be 7-0
• Teams forfeiting two games will be eliminated from league play.

Limited Flight Balls

• Board rejected playing with limited flight balls. We will continue to use the same balls (.44 Core) that we have used for the past 3 seasons.

One team per night policy

• Board has instituted a “one team per night” policy.

Make up games

• Board decided to use an actual dated calendar with the games that are to be played that night. For example, if week 5's games are cancelled we will start the following week as week 6. We will not push weeks back anymore. All games that are cancelled will be made up during our make up week if necessary.

Uniform Policy

• Board is requires all teams to buy and wear uniforms or shirts of similar color with numbers on the back.

Alcohol and Tobacco

• In accordance with City of Rome Regulations, alcohol and tobacco are not permitted in or around the field of play. Use of these products on city property can result in expulsion from all city facilities and events.

Assignments

Mike Kohli

• Book Common Council Chamber for two RMSA League Meetings
  • Thursday, April 17, 2008
  • Thursday, May 1, 2008
  • Contact sign shop to have signs made for league's website

Brandon Lovett

• Build Suggestion/League Mailbox to be installed at Haselton Park
• Create a Pay Pal account for RMSA Treasury.

Rob Barone

• Update Website
  • Update entire website (Homepage, Rules, etc…)
  •  
    • Roster Forms
    • Captain Forms
    • Player Waiver Form
  • Spam (download software to protect against)
  • Photo bin
• Contact Maria Dantzler
  • Incorporate Women's league section on website