604 Tournament Contract

any USA Softball scheduled activity. Room or meeting space expense is the responsibility of the bidding delegation. P. Awarded Two Years in Advance. National Championship Final bids may be accepted and awarded two years in advance when satisfactory conditions are guaranteed. New facilities must be completed prior to bid being presented. Q. No Satisfactory Bid. In the event that no satisfactory bid is received for a National

Championship Final, the CEO shall recommend host cities for those tournaments not awarded to the Board of Directors at the Board meeting at the close of the Council meeting who shall determine the site. R. Failure to Meet Obligation. Associations failing to meet their obligations, such as filing reports and paying off their bids for previous National Championship Finals are not allowed to bid for any USA Softball tournaments until all moneys and reports are complete or written off by the Board of Directors or the commissioner is replaced. S. Pre-Tournament Fact Sheet. Host city must supply complete information for pretournament fact sheet at the conclusion of the council meeting in the year prior to the championship. Failure to do so without a reasonable explanation may result in host city forfeiting right to bid on a National Championship Final for a period of one year and then only with approval of the USA Softball CEO. T. Status Report. Commissioners, that are late in turning in financial reports upon completion of a National Championship Final, must at least turn in a preliminary Status

Report and the reasons as to why the report and/or moneys are late by the deadline. U. Championship Cancellation. A National Championship shall not be cancelled without prior approval from the CEO. V. Tournament Software. All National Championship Finals will use www.tournamentUSAsoftball.com.

Article 603 FAST PITCH, MODIFIED PITCH AND SLOW PITCH BIDS. A minimum bid fee for USA Softball established by the Board of Directors based on the value of each tournament. Bid fees would be evaluated on an annual basis and changes to any bid fees would be published well in advance of the deadline for submission of bids by bidding cities. The bidders are also responsible for: A. Assessment Fee. An assessment fee of $100.00 per team shall be paid to USA Softball ($25.00 for Slow Pitch and Adult Fast Pitch).

EXCEPTION: Tournaments with eight (8) teams or less pay no assessments to USA Softball.

B. Umpire Expense. Umpire expenses must include the following: 01. Game fees for Adult Fast Pitch, Junior Olympic Fast Pitch and Modified Pitch shall be a minimum of $40.00 per game. Game fees for Adult Slow Pitch shall be a minimum of $30.00 per game and game fees for Junior Olympic slow pitch shall be a minimum of $26.00 per game. The number of umpires to be assigned per game is addressed in Article 310. 02. Housing accommodations. a. Two umpires to a room. b. An umpire who brings family, will be responsible for fifty percent (50%) of room cost.