Import Player Policy

IMPORT PLAYER POLICY

Statement of Principle:

The Association:

·  Believes it has an obligation to players who have been members of Rage Fastball as developing players.

·  Recognizes its mandate to create quality competitive teams at the provincial level.

Definition of Import Player:

·  Import Players are defined as the following:

- All players who live outside the County of Red Deer.

- All players living within the County of Red Deer who do have an active Softball Program in their community.

Import Players on Top Level (“A”) Teams:

·  For an import player to make a Rage Fastball top level team they must be evaluated as follows:

- Top 5 for position players.

- Top 2 for pitchers.

·  For Import players who do not meet these criteria, they can still make the team as a Coaches’ Pick.

- See Evaluation and Team Selection Policy for explanation of “Coaches’ Pick”.

Application of Policy:

·  The association will consider a player to be an import their first year with the association only. In subsequent years the player will be considered local.

·  Team rosters will not have more than 40% import players.

·  Any player wishing to appeal their ruling as an import may request a hearing with the Board.

·  Special requests will be reviewed on an individual basis by the Rage Fastball board.

Exceptions:

·  The association will not limit the number of imports if a team is unable to reach the necessary numbers to operate a program.

·  Pitchers and catchers based on need may be exempted from cap upon approval of the Board.

Recommended Guidelines:

·  Rage Fastball encourages other softball associations in our surrounding area to retain their players to maintain the quality of their own programs.

·  Rage Fastball also recognizes athletes, who cannot find a competitive challenge in their community, by giving them an opportunity to participate in our evaluations.

- 1 -