RGV NCS PREMIER MAY MADNESS

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:

Hilario Salas: (956)504-2500
Gabriel Salas: (956)407-2270
Hilario Salas, IV: (956)832-3660

ALL TEAMS MUST REGISTER WITH NCS | 2023 Season
ALL TEAMS MUST HAVE TEAM INSURANCE
ALL TEAMS MUST HAVE UPDATED ONLINE PLAYER ROSTERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:

• TI 1.00 TOURNAMENT PRIZES & AWARDS:

• TI 2.00 TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

• TI 3.00 TEAM ENTRY FEE:

• TI 4.00 GAME TIMES & PAP (RGV):

• TI 5.00 SPECTATOR ADMISSION / GATE FEE:

• TI 6.00 REMINDERS: (NO METAL CLEATS, NO FOOD, NO COOLERS):

• TI 7.00 PAYMENT OPTIONS:

• TI 8.00 SCHEDULE REQUEST:

• TI 9.00 PLAYER’S AGE ELIGIBILITY:

• TI 10.00 PLAYER’S ELIGIBILITY TO PLAY:

• TI 11.00 TEAM INSURANCE:

• TI 12.00 BEHAVIOR AT THE EVENTS:

• TI 13.00 RAIN-OUT & TOURNAMENT CANCELLATION REFUND POLICY:

• TI 14.00 TEAM CANCELLATIONS REFUND POLICY:
  
  

• MODIFIED CENTRAL REGION BASEBALL RULES:

• Rule 1.00 National Championship Sports Age Divisions, Classifications, and Participation

• Rule 2.00 Participation in the NCS Division 1 Super Series™ National Tournament

• Rule 3.00 NCS Rankings and Seeding procedures

• Rule 4.00 Regions of National Championship Sports and Governance

• Rule 5.00 Ejections

• Rule 6.00 Batting Rules & Line Up

• Rule 7.00 Playing Field and Equipment

• Rule 8.00 Pitching Rules

• Rule 9.00 Coach Pitch Rules

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:

TI 1.00 TOURNAMENT PRIZES & AWARDS:

• 1st Place Wins A Free Entry To The NCS Houston Summer Showdown In Texas City, Tx on June 10-11, 2023.

• 12 NCS Championship Rings For 1st Place

• 12 NCS Finalist Rings For 2nd Place

• 1 Coach’s Team Banners For 1st

• 1 Coach’s Team Banners For 2nd Place

• 1 MVP Award for the Most Valuable Player of the tournament in the 1st Place Team.

• 1 MVP Award for the Most Valuable Player of the tournament in the 2nd Place Team.

• 1 POG Award for the Player Of the Game of the championship in the 1st Place Team.

• 1 POG Award for the Player Of the Game of the championship in the 2nd Place Team.

• 1 POG Award for the Player Of the Game for the winning team in every game.

TI 2.00 TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

• 3 Game Guarantee

• 2 Pool Games

• Single Elimination Bracket

• SATURDAY: 2 Pool Games

• SUNDAY: Single Elimination Bracket & Championship Games

• All teams must be ready and available to begin pool play on Friday at 6pm and/or Saturday at 8:00 am unless otherwise requested.

TI 3.00 TEAM ENTRY FEE:

• 4U-12U: $100 + PAP

• 13U-18U: $150 + PAP

• REC TEAMS: FREE + PAP

TI 4.00 GAME TIMES & PAP (RGV):

• (2 Man Crew):

• 5u-6u: (1:00 or 6 inn) PAP $25 per game

• 7u-8u: (1:15 or 6 inn) PAP $30 per game

• 9u-12u: (1:30 or 6 inn) PAP $40 per game

• 13u-18u: (1:45 or 7 inn) PAP $50 per game

• (1 Man Crew):

• 5u-6u: (1:00 or 6 inn) PAP $15 per game

• 7u-8u: (1:15 or 6 inn) PAP $20 per game

• 9u-12u: (1:30 or 6 inn) PAP $30 per game

• 13u-18u: (1:45 or 7 inn) PAP $35 per game

• POOL GAMES:

• Finish The Batter.

• BRACKET GAMES:

• No new inning after the complete time limit has expired.

• No 5 minute grace period to end the game early.

• No Drop Dead Time. 

• Teams should be ready to play 15 minutes prior to game time. 

• Game Clock starts at the conclusion of the plate meeting. 

• All games must start at their scheduled times unless otherwise approved by one of the tournament directors.

TI 5.00 SPECTATOR ADMISSION / GATE FEE:

• 10 YRS & Up $7 per person

• 5-9 YRS $5 per person

• 4 YRS & Under FREE

• 3 Coaches per Team FREE

• Uniformed Players FREE

TI 6.00 REMINDERS: (NO METAL CLEATS, NO FOOD, NO COOLERS):

• No Metal Cleats or Metal Spikes are allowed on portable pitching mounds and/or any turf surfaces.

• No Food &/or Drinks of any kind are allowed on any turf playing field, turf playing dugouts, and turf portable pitching mounds.

• Smoking, Smokeless Tobacco and/or Chewing Tobacco are NOT allowed in any of the tournament parks and/or complexes.  

• No Outside Food &/Or Drinks are allowed into the tournament complex.

• No Ice Chests are allowed into the tournament complex.

• As much as we would like to allow it, we have tried to do so in the past and it has gotten out of hand.  However, players are allowed to take one personal jug or container in with them.  Must be the player bringing in the personal container and not the parent.

TI 7.00 PAYMENT OPTIONS:

• Your entry into an event is not complete until you have paid the team entry fee.

• All though Payments Are Due by Monday Before the Day of The Event,
  All Events are First Pay/First Play. 

• The division may sell out prior to the payment deadline.

• The number of available spots in a division may fluctuate depending on the needs of all divisions that share the same field size.

• PAYMENT OPTIONS:

• ONLINE: NCS Online Account

• CashApp: $NCSSouthTexas
  https://cash.app/$NCSSouthTexas

• PayPal: @HSalas0315

• VENMO:@NCSSouthTexas
  https://venmo.com/u/NCSSouthTexas

• ZELLE: TexasEliteTournaments@gmail.comOR (956)504-2500

• Please add the following to notes:
  (Team Name, Division, Tournament Name, and Tournament Date)

TI 8.00 SCHEDULE REQUEST:

• Teams must be prepared to play from Friday evening until Sunday evening.

• All teams must be ready and available to begin pool play on Friday at 6pm and/or Saturday at 8:00 am unless otherwise requested.

• Please submit all schedule requests using the schedule request tab on the online event menu.

• We will take a schedule request until Tuesday evening prior to the event. 

• You can block out a 4 hour block on Friday or Saturday that you cannot play only!

• Schedule requests that are more restrictive than a 4 hour "no play" block will be difficult to accommodate but we will do our best.

• Example of a schedule request we will accept:
  “We cannot play between 8am and 12pm on Saturday.”

• Example of a schedule request that we will have trouble accommodating:
  “We cannot play before 4pm.”

• Remember, this is just a request not a guarantee but we will do our best to accommodate your request.

TI 9.00 PLAYER’S AGE ELIGIBILITY:

• All baseball tournaments age divisions 4u-18u will use the May 1st age cutoff date. 

• Your Team’s Age Division is determined by your oldest player's age as of April 30th of the current season year.  

• Players participating in a given division cannot turn the next age before May 1st of the current season year. 

• Example: A player in the 10U division cannot turn 11 before May 1st of the current season or he is too old for that division and must play in the 11U division.

• Players may play up (no more than two age divisions) but not play down in age.

• All players participating in tournament play shall always have photocopies of their original birth certificate in the possession of their team manager.

• NCS will only allow two grade exceptions per age division.

• All grade-based players must have a copy of their birth certificate, current report card, or official school ID with the grade, or any official government document stating the grade.

• Upon protest, failure to have a photocopy of the original documentation available within one hour upon demand shall result in the offending team losing the game(s) and being ejected from the tournament.

TI 10.00 PLAYER’S ELIGIBILITY TO PLAY:

• All players have to been entered on the online on the player team roster
  (Back Office or Public).Penalty: Player is removed from the game and cannot continue to play.

TI 11.00 TEAM INSURANCE:

• All Teams Must Have Team Insurance and submit a Certificate of Liability Insurance where…
  National Championship Sports LLC
  2011 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 120
  Arlington, TX 76006
  is named as an additional insured.

• OR Pay an additional $20 for per event tournament insurance.

• If you have an existing team insurance policy, please have your insurance carrier add National Championship Sports LLC as an additional insured and upload a copy to your online NCS account.
  National Championship Sports LLC
  2011 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 120
  Arlington, TX 76006

• If you don't have insurance and need to purchase, you may do so at one of the following web-links:

• National Championship Sports Insurance:
  https://playncs.com/baseball/baseball-insurance

• American Specialty Insurance:
  https://appsrv4.amerspec.com/dbweb/f?p=127:2::::APP

• Chappell Insurance Agency:
  https://www.chappellinsurance.com/

TI 12.00 BEHAVIOR AT THE EVENTS:

• NCS has a zero tolerance policy towards disrespectful and adverse behavior. Any fan, parent, player or coach will be ejected from the event for adverse behavior towards a tournament official and/or umpire.

TI 13.00 RAIN-OUT & TOURNAMENT CANCELLATION REFUND POLICY:

• Every possible effort will be made to complete an event already in progress.

• Schedules may be changed, games & events may be shortened, in order to complete the event. 

• In the event of a tournament being canceled because of weather or any other unpreventable occurrence, teams will be issued a credit towards a future event.

• In the event of rain canceling an event already in progress or if an event/division is completely canceled a team will receive credit based on the number of games played.

• No games played, a full credit of entry fee for a future event.

• One game played, 2/3 credit of entry fee for a future event.

• Two games played, 1/3 credit of entry fee for a future event.

• Three games played, no credit will be issued.

• All credits must be used with the same director of the canceled event and are not transferable to another area, region, director or team.

TI 14.00 TEAM CANCELLATIONS REFUND POLICY:

• Teams canceling or dropping out of any event, regardless of their reason to drop out, must notify the event director in writing via email &/or text message, not via phone by the team manager or the business manager of the team.

• If a team drops out of an event, past the cancellation deadline, the team will forfeit in full their team entry fee. No drops will be accepted once a division is "Sold Out" at any time. NO EXCEPTIONS

• 1, 2 & 3 Day Events, Regionals, NIT's, and State Championships Events:

• If notification is prior to 14 days of the event date, a full credit for a future event will be given.

• If notification is between 7 to 14 days before the event date, 50 percent of the team fees will be credited for a future event.

• If notification is fewer than 7 days before the event date, no credit will be given. 

• World Series Events and Any 4+ Day Events:

• Entry fees or deposits are non-refundable at any time for any reason & will be forfeited should a team drop out from a World Series and/or any 4+ Day Event.
  NO EXCEPTIONS

• NOTE:

• Credits are at the sole discretion of the director and are awarded normally under only the most severe circumstances on a team to team basis.

• Credits must also be used by the same team (non-transferable) and with the same event director that you were originally scheduled to play with.

• Any and all entry fee credits must be used within the same current season (which they are granted) or within 90 calendar days, whichever comes first, otherwise the credit becomes void. 

• Credit Card Processing fees are not refundable as we do not receive them when you submit payment with a credit card.