Division Criteria


Instruments of Governance: Softball Division Code section 5.08


c) Calculating Team Designation:

  1. All players must be rated.
  2. The ten (10) top rated players will be added together to give the team rating.

d) Division guidelines:

  1. D Division
    1. All teams rated 0-100. (Click Here for Player Ratings Guide & Form)
    2. No players rated over 11 allowed on a D division team.
  2. C Division
    1. All teams rated 101-130. (Click Here for Player Ratings Guide & Form)
    2. No players rated over 14 allowed on a C division team.
  3. B Division
    1. All teams rated 131-170. (Click Here for Player Ratings Guide & Form)
    2. No players over 20 allowed on a B division team.
  4. A Division
    1. All teams rated 171-270. (Click Here for Player Ratings Guide & Form)

e) Deadline - Team rosters must be electronically submitted to the Assistant Commissioner no later than July 15. Leagues that submit team rosters electronically from July 16 through July 23 will be fined $100. Rosters submitted after July 23 will not be accepted. (NOTE: It is suggested that each association establish a roster deadline in advance of June 15.)

f) A properly submitted roster shall include a list of every player on every team of a Softball Division member association. The player's full names must be included. This roster must be verified by the member association coach and commissioner that all previously stated player eligibility requirements (Softball Division Code 2.0 in its entirety) have been adhered to.

g) Penalties: If determined by protest that a violation of the Player Ratings Guidelines has occurred the following shall be the immediate penalty:

  1. The team shall be barred from participating in the remainder of that World Series.
  2. The coach shall be barred from participating in the remainder of that World Series.

The following penalties may be imposed, individually or in total, by NAGAAA after a review has been completed at the following winter meeting:

  1. The commissioner of that league shall be barred from participating in the remainder of that World Series.
  2. All members and the coach of that team suspended from the next World Series.
  3. Any individual determined to be involved suspended from the next World Series.
  4. No team from that league allowed in that division in the next World Series.
  5. Suspension of voting privileges, and/or commissioner for the next World Series, and/or any future World Series.
  6. Permanent expulsion of the coach.
  7. Permanent expulsion of the player(s) involved.
  8. Permanent expulsion of the commissioner of the league.
  9. Permanent expulsion of the league.
  10. Fine of up to $2,500.