- Jul 14, 2018
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There's always discussion on here about how teams classify themselves, in terms of A/B/C level. USSSA of Eatern Pennsylvania and New Jersey just took a bold step to manage how teams are classified. They instituted a rule, by my understanding, that any team that returns more than six second-year players has to play at the A level.
This has resulted in a big shuffle of teams and rankings during this off-season. Whereas a month ago there were about 10 teams listed as A level and nearly 70 at the B level in New Jersey, there are now 49 at B level and 35 at the A level (those numbers are a little fuzzy, there's no way to look back at who was where before the switch).
Anyone see this happening in USSSA in other parts of the country? Opinions on the matter? I heard an explanation of the rule change third-hand, so anyone with more details should feel free to correct the rule as I've stated it.
This has resulted in a big shuffle of teams and rankings during this off-season. Whereas a month ago there were about 10 teams listed as A level and nearly 70 at the B level in New Jersey, there are now 49 at B level and 35 at the A level (those numbers are a little fuzzy, there's no way to look back at who was where before the switch).
Anyone see this happening in USSSA in other parts of the country? Opinions on the matter? I heard an explanation of the rule change third-hand, so anyone with more details should feel free to correct the rule as I've stated it.