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Agenda for ENYTB Kick-Off Meeting - Sunday, JAN 26

posted by Administrator 01/21/2014 07:01:30

Agenda for ENYTB Kick-Off Meeting - Sunday, JAN 26


At Sunday's Kick-Off Meeting we will briefly review 2013 and discuss the many changes coming for 2014. The ENYTB Executive Committee will release two major items it has been working for the last few months:

(1) Structure of New Elite Division; and,

(2) Roster Protection - Major Changes

.........(a) Revisions in RFA credit awards;
.........(b) NEW -> RFA/UFA Matching Bonus;
.........(c) NEW -> Players on ENYTB Elite teams shall be treated as RFA Exemptions, meaning they are free to change teams each year w/o requiring their new team to use a RFA credit on them.
.........(d) Limited vs Full Members - designed to encourage participation in sanctioned post-season play.

In addition, we will cover the following major items:

(3) League Navigators;

(4) 2014 Post-season Program Offering, including:

......(a) Sanctioned NCTS, including NABF11 National Championship at Baseball Heaven);
......(b) June Madness;
......(c) Last Man Standing - 15 different tournament divisions;
......(d) The Battle At The Joe!

(5) Miscellaneous Rule Changes

.....(a) Notification period for submitting schedule change requests via the website reduced from 7 days to 3 days;
.....(b) Lo Silver teams - number of allowable over-aged players increased from 3 to 5;
.....(c) DRAFTED Players – shall not be eligible to move to team that drafted them in the following season;
.....(d) Mercy Rule reduced to 10 runs;
.....(e) New Emphasis On Enforcement of Playing Rules;
.....(f) Closing Registration two weeks earlier to get schedules out earlier;
.....(g) and more.....

In addition, member awards will be given out for 2013:

(1) ENYTB New Member Of The Year.......???
(2) ENYTB Career Merit Award...........???
(3) ENYTB Franchise of The Year........???
(4) ENYTB Franchise Of The Year........???
(5) ENYTB Man Of The Year..............???

If you only attend one ENYTB meeting each year, this is the one!

Another great year straight ahead.....See ya all on Sunday at 1PM.

Ed
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Interested in Joining?

  • New members are always welcome - ENYTB continues to grow, having reached 225 teams in 2019
  • New teams are allowed to roster up to four players one year older than their team age (pre-2019 teams are grandfathered at five such players); and,
  • New teams are allowed a maximum of four players from active ENYTB teams, provided no more than three of those players are from the same team.

For more information re: ENYTB membership you may contact ENYTB Executive Director, Andy Frye at (518) 545-0747 or by email at andy@enytb.com.