EVENT DETAILS

2024 Specific Event Information

Event Contacts:

[email protected]

[email protected]

Event Start & End Date: August 17 - 18, 2024

Venues:

Publix Sports Park - 50 Chip Seal Pkwy Panama City Beach, Florida 32407

Frank Brown Complex - 16200 Panama City Beach Pkwy Panama City Beach, Florida 32413

Start Time: 8AM SATURDAY

Entry, Dropout & Roster Deadline: Entry fee is $475. Payment deadline for the 2024 GSL World Championship is by end of day August 12th. Morning of August 13th, we will remove unpaid teams from the even with the exception of teams that arrange an alternate payment method/date prior to the payment deadline. Unpaid teams entry status will show as “PENDING”.

Please verify payment status via the WHO’S COMING tab on the event page: https://www.usssa.com/slowpitch/event_home/?eventID=391021&divisionID=null

If you already paid, but the system doesn't show you as paid, please text Vic ASAP @ 909-969-3288. In the text, please share your team’s name, division, event date, and date payment was sent. I'll track it down for you and correct the payment status.

NO ROSTER CHANGES ALLOWED 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE EVENT START DATE. ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE IF A TEAM ONLY HAS 9 PLAYERS PARTICIPATING. WE WILL ALLOW A 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH PLAYER ADD BUT PLAYERS MUST MEET ROSTER GUIDELINES. EMERGENCY CHANGES MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE START OF THE EVENT.

Entry Fee: $475. All entry fees must be paid online via usssa.com. If you need help with getting the event into your team manager dashboard cart, please text Vic @ 909-969-3288 for help.

If you are owed a paid entry by a director, please notify them ASAP to take care of it.

Brackets: Brackets will be released on August 13th around 6PM EST. If there are any release delays, I'll send everyone an email.

Rules & By-Laws: http://cms.usssa.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/USSSA-SP-rulebook.pdf

Bat/Testing: Bats must have a 240 USSSA thumbprint stamp. We will be testing bats and stickering passed bats. Failed bats will be returned after team bat testing has concluded. Teams must arrive ONE HOUR before their first game for testing. TWO team representatives must bring ALL the team bats at one time for testing. To speed up our testing process a MAX of 20 bats per team will be tested. Before leaving the testing area, representatives must notify our staff of late arrivals (max 4 late arrivals allowed up to your 20 bat max). Do not leave the testing area without verifying the staff member records your late arrival(s). Broken stickered bats may be replaced, but player will only get one test for a replacement bat.

We will release a location for EARLY Friday night bat testing at a designated location at our manager meeting.

Bat Banned List: https://www.usssa.com/slowpitch/slowpitch-withdrawn-andor-non-compliant-softball-bat-models

All 220 USSSA Stamped bats are also banned.

Ball: Men's teams will receive THREE Dudley ZN USSSA Pro M stamped slow pitch softballs during team check-in. Women's teams will receive THREE Dudley Thunder ZN Classic W stamped slow pitch softballs during team check-in. Back up balls can be purchased at our check-in area for $80 a dozen. Teams can supply their own back up balls but MUST be a Dudley ZN USSSA Pro M (Men's) or Dudley Thunder ZN Classic W (Women's) stamped slow pitch softball. If a team throws in a ball not approved for use for this event, the umpire will remove the ball from play and issue a warning to the team. Second offense in the game will result in the batter being out and manager being ejected from the game. Pitcher must identify approved ball for this event prior to pitching the ball or request umpire assistance with identifying the ball.

Format: DOUBLE ELIMINATION BRACKET. Teams were seeded based on CLASS POINTS.

Game Time: This is a World event so scheduled game time is forfeit time. Please help us stay on-time. Teams must be at the field ready to play 30 minutes prior to the team's scheduled start time after the first game. If a team is not ready to play as early as 30 minutes prior to scheduled start time after the first game, the team will forfeit the game. The only exception is if a team is playing back-to-back games and coming from another field.

Time Limit: There is no time limit, but umpires will stay on top of keeping the games on pace. Please hustle in and out between innings. Mercy rule is in effect. Game ends after 7 innings with the exception of a mercy or extra innings.

Rosters: Rosters must be entered ONLINE and players participating in the event must be listed as ELIGIBLE on the online roster. The system will require players to exist in the player database before a manager can add them. If the system gives you an error message "NO PLAYER CAN BE ADDED BY A MANAGER THAT CURRENTLY DOES NOT EXIST IN THE DATABASE. TO HAVE THIS PLAYER ADDED PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STATE DIRECTOR", please contact your State Director to assist you with adding new players to the database. If you are unable to reach your State Director, please email [email protected] for assistance.

Required information for adding new players to the database:

TEAM NAME (in email subject field)

PICTURE OF PLAYER LICENSE (MUST INCLUDE NO EXCEPTIONS)

PLAYER EMAIL

PLAYER CELL #

Please send all player database add requests in ONE email.  We will not add any new player to the player database without ALL the requested info above. Players NOT listed under the ELIGIBLE PLAYER online roster list will not be allowed to play including PENDING APPROVAL (INELIGIBLE) players.

ADDING FORMER PLAYERS: adding FORMER players functionality is working. Please verify player was added to your online roster after using FORMER player function. If you run into an issue where the system gives you a message a player was added but the player in reality was not added, PLEASE ADD PLAYER AS A NEW PLAYER.

PLAYERS ON ANOTHER TEAM ROSTER: If you get an error "Player not permitted to play on more than one team for teams program", the player is responsible to contact the manager of a team and have themself removed...no exceptions.

PLAYERS LOG IN INSTRUCTIONS:

http://www.usssa.com/login

Select ADULT PLAYERS to login

ONLY IF forgot login info: Select FORGOT USERNAME/PASSWORD

After you add your players, you must ask all your players to log into their player profile and sign the online National Waiver (once per year if applicable) and approve the team invite in order to become an ELIGIBLE PLAYER. Players will NOT receive a notification to complete the online player ELIGIBILITY process unless they are NEW to the player database. Players have the option to DENY an invite within their online profile as well as managers have the ability to remove players from their roster. If a player can't remember their login info, they can reset their password at the login page

If a player runs into an issue logging in or getting through the ELIGIBILITY process, they can contact their State Director or email [email protected] for assistance. I need their team name, division, birthdate and email address. Please note: PENDING (INELIGIBLE) players will not be allowed to play until they complete the eligibility process.

Player Protests: You may protest the identity of a player to verify whether they are listed on the online roster as ELIGIBLE/PENDING. Protest fee per player is $100 cash. If the protest is valid, the protestor will get their money back and the illegal team will be DQ'd. During a player protest we will also search for multiple player profiles. The profile with the highest PRV will be considered the player rating and will be taken into consideration during the player protest. Please make sure the roster is 100% 72 hours prior to the event. Vic can assist teams that can't find any help within their State.

All players participating in adult USSSA tournament play shall have photo ID available. Failure to do so will result in Rule 4, Sec. 11-A 4-5 of the USSSA Rule Book to be applied. The offending team loses the game, is ejected from the tournament, placed last in the standings and forfeits all awards, sponsor travel money, and tournament berths that would have been awarded at the tournament. EXCEPTION: If the loss incurred by the offending team was its first loss of the tournament and if the player(s) in question can subsequently furnish a valid photo ID prior to their next scheduled game, the offending team may remain in the tournament.

UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS

World Series teams must wear similar uniforms. This includes caps, jerseys long pants or shorts and leggings. Whether long pants or shorts are worn, all team members must wear similar uniforms. In the Women’s and Mixed World Series, caps are optional; however, when worn, they must be similar. In the Mixed World Series, long or short pants are optional; however, when worn, long pants and/or short pants shall be similar.

Protests on uniforms will not be allowed. It shall be the Tournament Director’s responsibility to determine uniform legality. Violation of the uniform rule will result in the violator being allowed to conform or be removed from the game.

Managers Meeting: Manager meeting will be via ZOOM. Invite will be sent out to managers.

Team Check In: Manager must check-in before the first game at the Director Area. Teams will need to verify their final roster and receive three game balls.

Live Streaming: TBA

Prizes: (same for each division)

1st Place - Team Award, 15 Semi-Custom GSL Champion rings (w/ team name and player name), World MVP, Defensive MVP, All-World Manager, 6 All-World Medals

2nd Place - Team Award, Offensive MVP, 4 All-World Medals

3rd Place - Team Award, 3 All-World Medals

4th Place - Team Award, 2 All-World Medals