Post by Homer Hawks Site Administrator on Nov 9, 2007 21:41:52 GMT -5
ASA ABOLISHES GOLD SECTORS
To conform to ASA tournament procedures used in other divisions, the ASA Council, at its annual meeting today in Louisville, replaced the existing Gold sector alignment with the territorial alignment used in those other divisions.
Some restructuring had to occur because the Council had previously abolished the four automatic “returning” Gold berths. The anticipation by SPY was that ASA would add two berths to Sector 3 and two berths to Sector 4.
But, ASA’s tournament committee also redivided the regions within each Territory. The effect is to change the competitive balance with new mixes of teams.
The Eastern Territory will now include Regions 1,2,3 and 9. Sector 1 had included Regions 1,2,3,4,5. The Territory will have 4 berths, as did Sector 1. The ASA chart shows the territory with 23 teams.
The Southern Territory will have Regions 4,5,6,7, thus separating Texas from Arizona and the Rocky Mountain States. This territory will have 116 teams, and be the second largest, which the formula gives 12 berths. Sector 3 which included Texas had 10.
The Northern Territory will include Regions 8,10,11,12, much the same as Sector 2 but without Regions 6 and 9. The projection is for 30 teams in this territory which will have 4 berths.
The Western Territory is essentially the former Sector 4 (Regions 14,15) with the addition of teams from Region 13 (Midwest) and two additional berths, 12 in all.
In sum, the territorial scheme allocates 32 berths (adding the four which used to be given to returning teams. The other 32 berths are allocated as follows:
National qualifier 2
Regional champions 15
Region with the highest participation (#14) 5
Region with the second highest participation (#7) 5
Region with the third highest participation (#15) 1
Region with the fourth highest participation (#4) 1
Region with the fifth highest participation (#12) 1
Region with the sixth highest participation (#6) 1
Region with the seventh highest participation (#3) 1
(total of 15 supplemental berths)
So, the 109 Pacific Coast teams in Region 14, for example, compete for a share of 12 territorial berths against 41 other teams, but within their region they have one regional championship, and 5 supplemental berths, or 18 berths.
Similarly, the Texas teams in Region 7 now compete with 51 other teams for 12 territorial berths but compete within their region for the regional championship and five supplemental berths.
Overall, counting regional championships, regional supplemental berths, and territorial berths:
The Eastern Territory (23 teams) has 3 regional championship berths, one supplemental berth, and four territorial berths, or 8 berths.
The Southern Territory (116 teams) has four regional championships, seven supplemental regional berths, and 12 territorial berths, or 23 berths.
The Northern Territory (30 teams) has four regional championships, one supplemental regional berth, and four territorial berths, or 9 berths.
The Western Territory (150 teams) has three regional championships, six supplemental berths, and 12 territorial berths, or 24 berths.
Note: The information above has not yet been confirmed by an official ASA press release, but, the documents enabling the change were faxed to SPY by observers who took part in the annual Council meeting.
OTHER ASA ACTION
A resolution which would have prohibited players rostered on DI and DII teams from participating in Junior Olympic events passed the Junior Olympic committee 29-7, but was not approved by the Legislative Committee and did not make it to the floor. Given the complaints by many travel ball coaches at recent tournaments about the paucity of top pitching talent, we can now expect to see two to three dozen college players, mostly pitchers, at the 2008 Gold nationals.
No action was considered vis metal cleats, thus Junior Olympic softball did not adopt the rule on shoes which was passed by the national highschool federation – and is still being debated as a local option in many sectors..
To conform to ASA tournament procedures used in other divisions, the ASA Council, at its annual meeting today in Louisville, replaced the existing Gold sector alignment with the territorial alignment used in those other divisions.
Some restructuring had to occur because the Council had previously abolished the four automatic “returning” Gold berths. The anticipation by SPY was that ASA would add two berths to Sector 3 and two berths to Sector 4.
But, ASA’s tournament committee also redivided the regions within each Territory. The effect is to change the competitive balance with new mixes of teams.
The Eastern Territory will now include Regions 1,2,3 and 9. Sector 1 had included Regions 1,2,3,4,5. The Territory will have 4 berths, as did Sector 1. The ASA chart shows the territory with 23 teams.
The Southern Territory will have Regions 4,5,6,7, thus separating Texas from Arizona and the Rocky Mountain States. This territory will have 116 teams, and be the second largest, which the formula gives 12 berths. Sector 3 which included Texas had 10.
The Northern Territory will include Regions 8,10,11,12, much the same as Sector 2 but without Regions 6 and 9. The projection is for 30 teams in this territory which will have 4 berths.
The Western Territory is essentially the former Sector 4 (Regions 14,15) with the addition of teams from Region 13 (Midwest) and two additional berths, 12 in all.
In sum, the territorial scheme allocates 32 berths (adding the four which used to be given to returning teams. The other 32 berths are allocated as follows:
National qualifier 2
Regional champions 15
Region with the highest participation (#14) 5
Region with the second highest participation (#7) 5
Region with the third highest participation (#15) 1
Region with the fourth highest participation (#4) 1
Region with the fifth highest participation (#12) 1
Region with the sixth highest participation (#6) 1
Region with the seventh highest participation (#3) 1
(total of 15 supplemental berths)
So, the 109 Pacific Coast teams in Region 14, for example, compete for a share of 12 territorial berths against 41 other teams, but within their region they have one regional championship, and 5 supplemental berths, or 18 berths.
Similarly, the Texas teams in Region 7 now compete with 51 other teams for 12 territorial berths but compete within their region for the regional championship and five supplemental berths.
Overall, counting regional championships, regional supplemental berths, and territorial berths:
The Eastern Territory (23 teams) has 3 regional championship berths, one supplemental berth, and four territorial berths, or 8 berths.
The Southern Territory (116 teams) has four regional championships, seven supplemental regional berths, and 12 territorial berths, or 23 berths.
The Northern Territory (30 teams) has four regional championships, one supplemental regional berth, and four territorial berths, or 9 berths.
The Western Territory (150 teams) has three regional championships, six supplemental berths, and 12 territorial berths, or 24 berths.
Note: The information above has not yet been confirmed by an official ASA press release, but, the documents enabling the change were faxed to SPY by observers who took part in the annual Council meeting.
OTHER ASA ACTION
A resolution which would have prohibited players rostered on DI and DII teams from participating in Junior Olympic events passed the Junior Olympic committee 29-7, but was not approved by the Legislative Committee and did not make it to the floor. Given the complaints by many travel ball coaches at recent tournaments about the paucity of top pitching talent, we can now expect to see two to three dozen college players, mostly pitchers, at the 2008 Gold nationals.
No action was considered vis metal cleats, thus Junior Olympic softball did not adopt the rule on shoes which was passed by the national highschool federation – and is still being debated as a local option in many sectors..