ASA Tournaments

[JefferMC]

I can tell you for sure in a week or two about this year, but ASA has been the preiminant softball organization in Upstate SC for several years. WFC, NSA and ISA have been dieing out. USSSA made an attempt last year, but had very few tournaments make.

The story is different towards the coast, though.

[Skahtboi]

In this part of North Texas, it seems that VTD is making its move to take over.

[KJUmp]

Has PONY been making inroads over ASA anywhere? They have in MA/RI.

[outathm]

PONY made inroads in VA and now NSA has taken the lead. At least in my part of VA. The state is a lot bigger than anyone outside of it wants to admit.

[3afan]

ASA's problem is with their web site and with the registration of teams and signing up for tournaments. They got their site working so late, pluse everyone ws just used to going to the VTD site to register. Hopefully things will be back on track soon.

the best complex in North Texas, maybe the southwest - the Forney Softball Complex - will be hurting due to their decision to go with VTD. The 50 member local ASA umpire organization has decided not to call VTD tournaments, although individual umpires can do so if they wish.

When all you have to do to become a VTD umpire is pay them $50 and buy their cap I'm sure the quality of officials will be right up there with ASA. :-)
VTD is truly all about the $ - hell they started sanctioning leagues & tournaments because of the lost $s due to losing ASA as a web site client.

[BlitzkriegBob]

In Indiana, a check of the Indiana ASA web site shows 15 tournaments listed for the year. The NSA site lists over 100 tournaments in Indiana for the year. I received an email from the NSA State UIC where she asks for help in umpiring 18 tournaments in the month of June alone.

I personally have worked 77 NSA fast pitch games so far this year (79 if you count the two rec games I did last night which use NSA rules), and six ASA slow pitch games.

At every NSA tournament I always get at least one coach who tells me his team is new to NSA because they see that they can play many more tournaments in our area. We also see teams from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Canada because the tournaments are very well run. I'm sure the ASA tournaments are well run also, there just aren't very many of them.

[3afan]

Originally Posted by BlitzkriegBob

.... I'm sure the ASA tournaments are well run also, there just aren't very many of them.

and its because of the web site fiasco ... ASA dropped the ball on not being prepared for 2010