Definition: Season of Play is defined as:
Season Start: For the current season, the date set by the Baseball Sask Board of Governors will be May 1.
Season End: For the current season, the date set by the Baseball Sask Board of Governors will be September 1 or if the following occurs prior that date:
When a player or a team has no opportunity to participate after Provincials are completed. Some players and teams the Season end date will be after a Western Canada Baseball Championship or a Baseball Canada National Championship.
Rationale: Baseball Sask is the governing body of Saskatchewan representing community baseball associations, players, coaches and umpires. Baseball Sask protects the development of our associations and teams that operate within their organization. Baseball Sask invests through its membership fees and Sask Lotteries funding in our players, coaches, and umpire development. Our community programs and Baseball Sask programs have proven to enhance our athletes’ development within our Season of Play.
Baseball Sask believes private baseball programs are beneficial to an athlete’s development, and we support the rights of individuals who consider participating in private programs outside of our member community baseball associations. However, Baseball Sask believes that our member associations that operate in all of our Zones in our Province will be negatively affected if private baseball programs operate within our Season of Play. Baseball Sask protects our members and does not allow any players to participate in any team meetings, practices, games or tournament(s) within our defined Season of Play, for any reason, unless it is a Baseball Sask sanctioned activity.
This policy does not affect players that are enrolled in:
- Public or Private baseball school or development program inside or outside of our Province.
- Private individual or group training programs, focusing on additional development, provided that the player is not missing any Baseball Sask sanctioned event, including team games, team practices and team tournaments.
- Baseball Sask High Performance Programs looking to identify athletes
Discipline
A Player, Coach or Parent who is involved in any way in the organizing (including meetings, practices, games or tournaments) or recruitment of players for any non-Sanctioned Baseball Sask event during our defined Season of Play, will be:
Violation Prior to June 30: Baseball Sask Membership Ban – Cannot participate on any Baseball Sask Team or Affiliate Member Baseball Team or participate in any Baseball Sask event (Provincial or Post-Provincial) for the Current Baseball Season until End of Season of Play.
Violation After June 30: Baseball Sask Membership Ban – Cannot participate on any Baseball Sask Team or Affiliate Member Baseball Team or participate in any Baseball Sask event (Provincial or Post-Provincial) for the Current Baseball Season and the following Baseball Season until the end of the Season(s) of Play.