RANKINGS

Team Rankings Guideline: If not sure on players or team rank use common sense and reach out for help before you accidently show up to an event with an illegal team or players.

***TEAM MANAGERS*** - It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to make sure your team is legal. If your team comes to the event and gets caught with an illegal roster and gets kicked out of the tournament, it is nobody's fault but your own. Please use common sense when choosing the division you want to play in. If you have ANY doubts about which division to choose, reach out to us and we will gladly help you determine which division your team should play on based on your roster. .

SANDBAGGERS BEWARE! - We WILL kick you out of our tournament if you're not playing in the proper division. COME LEGAL!

ADULT PLAYER RANKINGS(CLASS)

FOR NEW SOFTBALL PLAYERS, THIS IS HOW WE LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL PLAYER'S CLASSIFICATIONS. PLEASE RANK YOURSELVES BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:

Basic Guidelines

Rec = Newer players, not too much skill level (Mostly league-only players)

E = A little bit of skill and tournament experience

D = Competitive (some level of high school and/or college baseball)

B and C = Higher Levels

Open - The best of the best

(If you are a new good team to the sport and not sure what your team should be ranked, start at the D level and contact us any time if you need help)

3 CHIPS MAX ALLOWED PER TEAM:

Rec can have 3 E players - No D or Higher

E can have 3 D players - No C or Higher 

D can have 3 C players  - No B or Higher 

C can have 3 B players ETC..

(Any former professional or D1 college baseball players will be considered Major C -Open ranked players)

NCS Rankings / Class Profiles

If a player doesn't already have a player profile on the NCS website or doesn't have a history of playing on an NCS roster, we will use the highest competing associations roster they have been on from the past 3 years of play to determine what a player is ranked with us. If a player is not on a roster in the past 3 years, we will revert to the players previous 3 years. 

Because you played a certain level in the past does not mean you are legal to play the same level now or in the future.

Players can be reviewed and or reclassed up or down at any time! If unsure where you belong reach out to us for help at jay.zetz@playncs.com


TEAM MANAGERS - When adding a new team and adding players in the NCS system, please do your due diligence and check with each player to make sure your players are ranked correctly with us. Just because they are new to NCS, does not make them an "E" player. If you feel the ranking is incorrect, please see our RECLASS PETITION directions below. If your a D team and player is C let us know!

New players to our system will default to what ever level team they are added on, THIS DOES MEAN THAT THE ARE RANKED WHAT THEY SHOW ON YOUR ROSTER ETC.

*** WARNING *** PLAYERS AND TEAMS WHO PLAY OTHER ASSOCIATIONS AND NOT NCS, THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN SANDBAG WITH US.

For example... If you played USA/NSA/WSL/ONE NATION/USSSA "C", please enter in our "C" division.

IF YOU'RE NOT SURE ON YOUR RANKING, CONSIDER YOURSELF AS ONE CLASS HIGHER THAN YOU THINK YOU MAY BE

(Military, Black American, Native American, and Protectors rosters do not count against or for you in our standard Adult Slowpitch program)

EACH PLAYER IS ONLY ALLOWED ONE PROFILE IN THE NCS WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT HAVING MULTIPLE PROFILES, WE MAY CONSIDER THIS AN ATTEMPT TO CHEAT AND THE PLAYER CAN BE REMOVED FROM ANY TOURNAMENT AND THE TEAM THEY ARE ON MAY FORFEIT ANY GAME THEY ARE PLAYING IN. IF AN EMAIL HAS CHANGED FOR A PLAYER, PLEASE CONTACT JP MORGAN AT JP.MORGAN.AWS@GMAIL.COM OR JAY ZETZ AT JAY.ZETZ@PLAYNCS.COM AND HE WILL FIX IT. DO NOT CREATE AN ADDITIONAL PROFILE TO FIX THIS.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO RECLASS A TEAM OR PLAYER AT ANY TIME TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF OUR TOURNAMENTS INTACT!!! 


For example:

If playing in the MEN'S DIVISION and not on a current NCS Ranking list, we will use their highest National Association roster from the past 3 years from either a men's team or a COED team to determine rank for NCS

If playing in the WOMEN'S DIVISION and not on our current NCS rankings list, we will use their highest National Association roster from the past 3 years from either a women's team or a COED team to determine rank for NCS

If playing in the COED DIVISION and not on our current NCS ratings list, we will use the highest National Association roster from the past 3 years from either a gender specific team or a COED team to determine rank for NCS


RECLASS PETITION DIRECTIONS

Players & Coaches - before reaching out for reclass help, please make sure your roster is online at playncs.com  Players make sure you have a profile with us.

Players can petition for reclass at anytime before our drop dead date of October 15th. WE MAY NOT RECLASS ANYONE AFTER THIS DATE!

When requesting to be reclassed, please fill out our Player Reclass Request Form


Please practice good sportsmanship... We take it very seriously!


SENIOR/MASTERS PLAYER RANKINGS-INFO

Determining your team level of play:

Any Conference Players who have played in the past 3 seasons on C or higher team may not play below the Major Plus division without counting as a Major Plus player.

Pro/Major, AAA, AA, A, or B adult players from the past /Former professional or D1 college baseball players will also be considered Major Plus /count as MP ranked players unless otherwise noted and approved on our rankings pages.

Any players ranked C or higher currently per our NCS adult rules/ranking system will be considered Major Plus.

If a senior player is new to NCS and unknown to us and are on a different association Major, or Major Plus team, the player may be given the same rating with NCS.


Any senior player that is new to the NCS senior program will be ranked by their current NCS adult rating:

Open, B, C = Major Plus Chip 

D = Major

E = AAA

Rec = AAA

Players that play both adult and senior programs, their respective ratings will be adjusted to their highest player NCS rating level.

State Directors may adjust on case by case basis.

55 & Over MAJOR PLUS players can play as a 40 & Over MAJOR Player but can’t play AAA. 50 & Over MAJOR PLUS players still count as MAJOR PLUS for 40 & Over teams.

55 & Over MP teams can't play in 50 Majors in our World Series / National events.

40 & Over Women's is new division for NCS we just added to our World Series in 2023. Women's 40 & Over teams are allowed 2 players max that are 38 or 39 years old all other players must be 40 or older.

This division we will mix levels of play to help the event happen (Only if Needed) and do a run spot to help balance the competition.


3 CHIPS MAX ALLOWED PER TEAM:

AAA can have 3 Major players - No MP 

Major can have 3 Major Plus players 


RECLASS PETITION DIRECTIONS

Players & Coaches - before reaching out for reclass help, coaches make sure your roster is on-line at playncs.com  Players make sure you have a profile with us.

Players can petition for reclass at anytime before our drop dead date of October 15th. WE MAY NOT RECLASS ANYONE AFTER THIS DATE!

When requesting to be reclassed, please fill out our Player Reclass Request Form


Please practice good sportsmanship... We take it very seriously!