Many of you lamented losing the ability in 2007 to enter your own team availability data directly to the website. The reason this was done was that the old forms were confusing to some members and as a result, we were not getting accurate information for a good number of teams. Solution: The website forms for collecting team availability informatio... read more

Tournament Manager (TM)Piece-by-piece, over several years, we have been assembling an online tournament management capability. (1) We have an online tournament board listing all tournaments available through ENYTB. Basic pre-tournament information is available as well, including a tournament contact person, entry fees, awards, field directions, and... read more

Many times our protocols on player restrictions don't get followed because telephoning a fellow manager to request a release for one one of his top players is not a fun thing to do. Beginning in 2008, years will be able to request player releases via the website. Roster Players - When you use ADD PLAYER to add a player from another team's roster to your roster, you will be told the player is restricted and requires a release. Then you will be asked if you would like to initialize a release request. If you say yes, the player will be put on a "Release Pending" list and he will be sent an auto-email asking him to confirm the release request. If he confirms the release request it will entered to the Release Pending list, and another auto-email will be triggered to his prior year's team, asking them id they agree to the release and giving them 15 days to respond. Failure to respond will result in automatic release. The team's response to the request, will be entered to the Release Pending list when it is received and a 3rd auto-email will be generated to the player, informing him of the result of his request. If he was released, he will be free to sign with any team of his choice. All auto-emails will be cc'd to all club/team owners/coaches on both teams as well as both club's league reps and teh league president. Restricted Free Agents - At ages 15U and under, ENYTB restricts players who would be first time league participants from signing with a club from outside their "native" franchise area w/o giving their home area club(s) an opportunity to interest them in playing for their local program. Unlike with Roster Players, a RFA can effect his own release by simply talking to his home area club and deciding not to sign with them. This protocol will be automated within the website in very similar manner to the protected roster player protocol described above. At the very least, this will keep our franchise and co-franchise members apprised of the goings-on with RFA residing in their franchise area and give them the opportunity to intervene before the player can commit to another club, in the event the player was unaware of what their local program had to offer.League operations will greatly facilitated by having these protocols as well as the new protocols for schedule changes, automated within the website.

The Free Agent Claim function has been available to teams for several years but in the past, this search function has been limited to free agents actively seeking new teams i.e., players listed on our Free Agent Board. Beginning 2008, this function will provide teams with access to ALL free agent player's that are age eligible for their teams. Beca... read more

2007 was a banner year for ENYTB in many regards but if there was a disappointment, it was with schedule reliability. ENYTB has always enjoyed an excellent reputation for schedule reliability but the league experienced a noticeable decline in 2007. Schedule reliability is of crucial importance to member satisfaction. Much time, effort and resources... read more

Gentlemen: Below are the 2008-2009 rates for Officials from 12 and under to College Levels. All tournaments are $5 per official more per game. The Assaigning fee is $4 per game. As is the past 1 1/2 fee for one official when two were scheduled. 1/2 fee for any weather related problem when the game is not started and no call before 1 1/2 h... read more

Last year, ENYTB began offering rebates to its larger club members based on the number of teams they registered as well as for registering multiple teams in the same age division. ENYTB is announcing six different rebates for 2008:(1) UABA Members - UABA includes Utica Area teams at 13U, 14U and 15U. With the creation of UABA, these teams are payin... read more

When an ENYTB club/team is activated, much of the website content that each club/team sees is customized to that club/team. Part of this customized content includes a registration page that is fully customized to each team. The availability of each ENYTB program is specific to team age and power rating. For example, NABF sanctioning is available to... read more

I recently attended both the PONY and NABF national meetings. Below is a list of important changes that will affect us in 2008.PONY(1) Player eligibility in all age divisions has been redefined as "And Under" i.e., no more age minimums. For example, 12 year olds can now participate on 13U teams. NOTE: This change goes through the Zone level. At the... read more