How to Administer an ASA*USA-MSF League
updated 2/11/08

The registration and administration of a ASA*USA-MSF softball league is very simple. Follow the below step by step process:

• Attend a District Softball meeting and pick-up team membership materials.

  All team membership materials (i.e. softball guides, rule books, tournament schedule books, etc.) are distributed to softball league directors at the Annual District Meetings held each spring. Team materials are supplied for the number of teams a sports community guarantees they will register. League directors are responsible for distribution of materials to teams participating in their sports community. League directors who cannot attend are asked to send a proxy. It is important that all leagues are represented.
  
  Again this year softball meetings will be held in each district to encourage greater participation and more efficient dissemination of team membership materials. All meetings will be held on a weeknight so that members will not be required to tie up their weekend. All adult softball meetings begin at 7:00pm. Junior Olympic meetings begin at 8:00pm.
  
  Staff members from both the district and state office will be in attendance to answer your questions and highlight the 2008 Sports Federation/ASA-USA softball program.

District Meeting Schedule

• Complete the team membership form and forward with ASA*USA-MSF per team membership fee to ASA*USA-MSF district or state offices by May 15.

ASA*USA-MSF Adult Softball Team Membership

$25.00 per team on or before May 15th
$28.00 per team if postmarked after May 15th

Note: Men's Fastpitch team membership fee is $25.00 prior to
May 15th and $28.00 thereafter

*IMPORTANT NOTE*
League Teams Receive a $5.00 Discount Per Team If A League Representative Attends A District Meeting And Picks
Up Team Membership Materials.

TEAM MEMBERSHIP FEE
The team membership fee for adult and J.O. Softball has been increased $5.00 to $20.00 for 2008. This is the first team membership fee increase in twenty years during which time the combined inflation rate has been at least 60%. All adult tournament entry fees have been increased by $5.00 and the program facility fee has been rolled into the district/state entry fee to eliminate the need for teams to submit the $10.00 fee at the tournament site. The ASA*USA-MSF membership fee is still lower than what other organizations charge and over the last twenty eyars the low $15.00 fee has saved Minnesota softball participants over $600,000 when compared to what our competitors chaged.

* IMPORTANT NOTE *
If the same team is registered in multiple divisions (i.e. men’s slowpitch, men’s masters, church slow, etc.) it must pay a registration fee for each division they want to compete in.

Forward all the teams regular season rosters (yellow copy of three part roster provided by ASA*USA-MSF) to ASA*USA-MSF state offices by July 1.

ASA*USA-MSF will award your league post season berths no later than June 25. The awarding form and fees must be in ASA*USA-MSF district or state offices by July 10.

Distribute post season tournament packets (draw, rules, map, etc) and the championship roster (white copy of the three part roster) to the teams advancing from your league with the team number designated.

League Directors Deadlines to Remember
Failure to meet listed deadlines may result in exclusion from program and will result in late fees
May 15 - Deadline for submitting team membership forms and payment of team membership fees.
July 1 - Deadline for submitting regular season team rosters.
July 10 - Deadline for payment of tournament entry fees for each team entering an ASA*USA - MSF district or state tournament.

Please contact MSF offices at 763/488-9995 or staff@msf1.org if questions arise.