Meetings & Key Dates

Participants

Towns MUST identify a representative to attend meetings and advocate for their town with the league.  While multiple people from a town may attend, the official town rep is the accountable individual who is responsible for completion of deliverables required for a town's participation in a given season.  Non participation in meetings does not constitute an excuse for missing key league deadlines.  It is the MSL's responsibility to share key dates, clearly explain and provide guidance on processes, and to answer questions.  However, it is NOT the MSL's responsibility to track down town reps and make sure they understand important milestones and steps which need to be completed to ensure team eligibility.

Each season, the MSL will announce a team declaration date.  Participating towns declare teams for each age and divisional level by the required date.  The MSL format is that team rosters must consist of players who are attending the same school system together at the same age group (13U, 14U, etc.).  Baseball age is a player's age as of April 30th in a given year.  If a player is home schooled or attending a private school, they must be rostered in the same town/zip code.  If a town has players wishing to play, but not enough to form a full team, that town should contact the Massasoit Spring League as there may be other towns in similiar situation who they can be connected with.

Towns should never:
    - Roster an older player to a younger cohort team (i.e., 15U player playing on a 14U team)
    - Share jerseys in an attempt to pass off a player as a different player.
    - Collude with towns across town lines/zip codes to build teams.
    - Double roster players on multiple teams

Towns may:
    - Allow players  to be "called up" to another team at the same age level to sub in and ensure teams have enough players for a given game.
    - Allow younger cohort players to play on an older team (i.e., a 14U player playing on a 15U team)

Local town baseball boards may have additional placement guidelines through which they roster teams.  The MSL fully supports local baseball board guidelines around roster construction as long as they do not violate MSL rules (i.e., older players playing down, etc.)

Teams submitted to the MSL must be approved and sponsored by their town program boards.  The MSL does not accept independently formed teams.

Exceptions to any of the above situations need to be brought to the MSL board for review.  Any town found to be in violation of the above policy is subject to penalty, which could include disqualification of that team and removal from participation in future years.   

Team Declarations & Schedules

Team declarations consist of a two-part process.  The first step is to complete the team declarations form by the communicated deadline in a given year (see Meeting Dates above).  The second deadline is an actual live review of the teams to confirm, this usually occurs 2-5 day following the initial submission.  This is a final, hard deadline.  Once the final live review is concluded, the MSL does NOT accept changes.

Failure to adhere to this standard may result in penalties being levied, including fines and/or ineligibility for playoffs.

Schedules will be communicated prior to the start of the season.  If a coach wants to change a game to a different date and time, it's their job to work with the opposing team coach on an alternative that works for BOTH coaches.  This means that both teams are available to play, there is an available field that has been identified, the home team can arrange for umpires, and the date selected falls in the window of the regular season.  If both teams can come to an agreement on a change, then the team that initiated the request for a change should log a request in the Schedule Change Request Form and indicate the details of the change so that the master schedule can be updated to reflect the change.

Towns/Coaches should not email the MSL directly looking for assistance to help negotiate a change.  This is done exclusively between coaches and the MSL should only be notified once the change has been fully discussed and agreed upon.

Initiation & Registration Fees

• Initiation fee for all new towns joining the Massasoit Spring League in 2025 who did not play in 2024.  If you are an existing town who played in 2024, this fee will be waived.
• $150 per team is our registration fee to join the Massasoit Spring League in 2025.  There is no team minimum across all ages.

Fines & Disciplinary Actions

Scholarships