EVENT DETAILs

Welcome to the Music City Sports / USSSA Music City Madness! We’re excited to host you at Fly Park in Franklin, Tennessee, located just 20 minutes from downtown Nashville — Music City USA. This fastpitch softball tournament features age divisions 10u through 16u, bringing together talented teams for a full weekend of competitive play. The format for this event will be 2 pool games followed by double elimination. We’re thrilled to have you join us and wish all teams the best of luck for a fun and memorable weekend!

VENUE: All games will be played at Fly Park in Franklin, TN. All the fields are dirt fields.

TEAM GATE FEE
Team gate fees are $300 and due on the Wednesday prior to the event by 9PM CST. The team gate fee can only be paid with Stripe by using the link below. We will not take an individual gate at this event, the team gate fee is put in place of a traditional gate.

ROSTERS: Teams are required to have their rosters and guest players submitted on their online roster before the event starts. This includes guest players as well. If a team does not have a player on their roster, that player(s) along with the head coach will be removed from the event.

FORMAT/GAME INFO: The format for this event is two pool games plus double elimination. All game times are 65 minutes, finish the inning. Run rule is 12/3, 10/4, 8/5. In order to keep the games on time, there is not a tie breaker in pool play.

SEEDING FOR BRACKET PLAY:

1. W/L Record 2. Head to Head 3. Runs Allowed 4. Run differential (8 Runs Max) 5. USSSA Points

PRE GAME INFO: Home team will be the official scorekeeper. Home team will be decided by coin flip in pool play and the higher seeded team will have the option in bracket play.

TEAM CHECK IN: We do not have a team check in at the event, everything is done online.

PRE EVENT REFUND POLICY:

• To protect the integrity of the tournament schedule and ensure participating teams have a sufficient number of opponents, refunds will not be issued to teams that withdraw within 10 days of the event’s scheduled start date.
• When a team registers, its spot affects division sizes, scheduling, game guarantees, staffing, and the participation decisions of other teams. We appreciate every team honoring its commitment.

WEATHER RELATED REFUND POLICY:

• A 100% entry fee & 100% gate fee refund will be issued to teams that do not start any game in an event.
• A 50% entry fee refund will be given to teams starting less than ½ of its scheduled games.
• No entry fee refund will be given to teams starting ½ or more of its scheduled games.
• No gate refund will be given if one game or more is played.

PROTEST INFO: Protest fee is $200 cash and is refundable if upheld by the tournament director or UIC. All protests must be made prior to the next pitch. You cannot protest judgment calls.

GAME BALLS: Will be furnished by the teams in pool play and the tournament will supply them in bracket play.

GUEST PLAYERS: If you are picking up players from another USSSA team, this must be done online by logging into your USSSA account.

BIRTH CERTIFICATES: Must be on hand at the event in case another team protests the age of one of your players.

INSURANCE: If teams do not have USSSA insurance, teams must email a copy of their insurance to [email protected] before their first game.

COMMUNICATION: We use the USSSA Text Push Notifications, event website page, email, Facebook for event communication purposes. Please encourage your teams to download the USSSA app so they can receive these messages as well. If you do not have the USSSA APP, you will not receive text push notifications.

COOLER POLICY: There isn’t one, bring in as many as you wish.

GAMEDAY INFO: All Pool, bracket scores and standings will be posted online, we DO NOT post anything at the event. Possible that some teams will be eliminated on Saturday.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing everyone soon!

$350

The entry fee can be paid by logging into your USSSA account and paying online or via Stripe with the link below. If using Stripe you can pay with a major credit card, cash app, apple pay or google pay.

Teams are not officially in the event until the entry fee has been paid.

STRIPE ENTRY FEE LINK https://buy.stripe.com/dRm9ATc9hgSP1fK2Qp0000w

$300

The team gate fee can only be paid with Stripe by using the link below. We will not take an individual gate at this event, the team gate fee is put in place of a traditional gate. No wristbands, stamps, tickets etc. Everyone can come and go as they please. Invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends and not worry about them having to pay to get in.

STRIPE GATE FEE LINK https://buy.stripe.com/dRmeVdflt7if7E862B0000v