MCFSL Roster Submission and Team Jumping update

As our league continues to grow and be Blessed by the Lord, change comes (isn't that the hot new buzz word?).

Healthy change is a good thing. Accordingly, managers are advised that for the 2009 season, the roster submission process has been further enhanced. These enhancements are needed and will benefit all.

The main benefit is to formally establish the integrity and authenticity of each church's softball team roster so that each teams roster is treated as being above reproach and duly authorized by the Senior pastor.

A secondary benefit is to provide a frame of reference to the Senior Pastor as to who is on the team and who is managing the team. (The new roster form will be made available soon.) How many non-attenders can be on the team is a matter between the Senior Pastor and the team manager.

Deadline for completed roster submissions is Sunday evening April 5th.

Deadline for completed code of conduct form is April 20th.

Thus the new components of the roster form and process are these four;

1.) A mandatory face to face meeting between the head coach and the senior pastor.

2.) A mandatory requirement of a church softball announcement in your church bulletin. Announcement to include general information as well as contact info. Proof of this announcement will be its attachment to the roster submission form.

3.) Roster form will now include an indication as to whether or not the player attends church there.

4.) Once the roster form and church bulletin with the softball announcement in it is submitted, we will contact the church office to inform the Senior Pastor of its receipt and acceptance into the master roles for the league.

TEAM JUMPING: This shall be described as any current player who changes teams or is recruited by another team while the season or tournament is under way. Team jumping is prohibited during the regular season and tournament play.

Players switching teams in the off-season are of course now subject to the new enhanced roster submission process that would require approval of the Senior Pastor.

As a matter of record, team jumping is almost non-existent in our league, but I feel it is necessary to state when it can and cannot happen.

Code of Conduct form. The 2009 Code of Conduct form is to be filled out with players printed and signed name. The wording has been slightly modified from last year and is now viewable at the league web site. www.churchsoftball.org

Any team failing to follow the new roster submission process will be regrettably excluded from the 2009 season and tournament.

Any player NOT on the approved roster and the code of conduct form is ineligible for league play in the 2009 season and tournament.

Late additions to the roster are permitted. Please follow the EXACT same process for any late additions to the roster, have the late addition sign a code of conduct form and turn these in BEFORE the player takes the field. We will of course contact the church office to relay that the forms have been received and accepted into the leagues master roles.