General requirements for participation in the Maryland, Delaware & Central/Western Pennsylvania USSSA Youth Program.
- Any team playing in a USSSA sanctioned tournament must be properly registered through the USSSA National website. The annual team registration fee is $60 and is done online with a credit card at www.usssa.com. The teamregistration is effective from August 1 to July 31 of the following year.
- Team rosters must be entered online. Once that’s completed, the manager should print the roster and get all player and parent signatures. We are not requiring that you send a copy of your signed roster to the State Office but you must carry a hardcopy of the official USSSA roster with the team at all times which contains all player and parent (regardless of age group) signatures. Any players that are not currently participating on your team should be deleted from your online roster. PLEASE DO NOT SEND THE ROSTER TO THE NATIONAL OFFICE IN FLORIDA.
- Birth Certificates do not need to be filed with the State Office, but legible copies must be kept with the team at all times. Failure to show a birth certificate for a player when that player’s eligibility is questioned, or showing one that the tournament director or State Office determines to be fraudulent, will result in the player being removed from the event and possible further suspension of the coach and/or player.
- Proof of adequate insurance must be filed with the State Office two weeks prior to the team’s first tournament. The insurance need not be issued through USSSA, but must provide at least $1 million in liability coverage. Every year there are teams who think that they’re adequately covered when in fact they either have no liability insurance at all (only accident coverage) or have very low liability limits.
- Any team that holds a USSSA sanction in a state outside of Maryland, Delaware or Central/Western Pennsylvania must send copies of their proof of insurance to the East Coast Events office two weeks prior to participating in their first USSSA event in Maryland, Delaware or Central/Western Pennsylvania. Once a non-Maryland, non-Delaware or non-Central/Western Pennyslvania teams does this, that document will remain on file with the State Office and as long as the coverage doesn’t change they will not have to submit it to the State Office for any subsequent tournaments in which they may play in Maryland, Delaware or Central/Western Pennsylvania.
- In summary, when participating in any USSSA sanctioned tournament all teams must carry with them copies of their signed roster, birth certificates and proof of adequate insurance. All of these items must be available for immediate inspection upon request of the tournament director. Failure to do so could result in loss of game of monies previously paid.