NOTICE TO ALL PLAYERS, FAMILIES, COACHES AND LEAGUE OFFICIALS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND WAIVER – ACTIVITIES
Any and all players, families, coaches, league officials participating in or attending ANY Net Media , Inc. (NM) activity acknowledges, and on behalf of any and all participating players, families, coaches, league officials, and everyone else that such participant may bind, agrees that the risk of COVID-19 exposure cannot be completely eliminated and such use shall constitute agreement to waive and release (NM) , all participating players, families, coaches and league officials from any and all liability whatsoever which may arise out of or in connection with ANY use or ANY field or facility.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND WAIVER – ENFORCEMENT OF VIRUS REGULATIONS
Any and all players, families, coaches, league officials participating in or attending ANY (NM) activity acknowledges their agreement to FULLY, STRICTLY and IMMEDIATELY comply with any and ALL virus protection regulations and agrees that the effort, if any, by any Net Media LLC coach or league officials to enforce any such virus protection regulations shall be binding and may be further enforced by expulsion from further participation and from the complex and that LAW ENFORCEMENT may be summoned to further enforce such regulations. FURTHER, all direct and indirect participants waive and release Net Media LLC, all participating players, families, coaches and league officials from any and all liability whatsoever which may arise out of or in connection with ANY failure to enforce any virus protection regulations. All persons screened for coronavirus authorizes disclosure to governmental health authorities any thermometer results indicating fever.
MANDATORY
Recommended Best Practices
Arrival to Venue
• All participants, spectators, and employees must adhere to six-foot physical distancing while at the facility/course.
• Must conduct daily symptom assessments by coaches and players (self-evaluation). Anyone experiencing
• No team water coolers or shared drinking stations.
• Compliant game balls must be designated to each team for use while that team is playing defense.
• These requirements must be shared prior to the event with all players, coaches, spectators, officials, and employees prior to their arrival at the field.
• Digital check-in and registration for all events.
• Lineups should be entered online or by spoken word and recorded by officials/ umpires without exchanging any physical documents with coaches or players.
• Athletes are strongly recommended to travel to the venue alone or only members of their immediate household.
Practice
• Coaches and players must adhere to physical six-foot distancing except when the ball is in play.
• Coaches must wear face coverings at all times.
• Athletes must wear face coverings at all times while not actively participating in the field of play.
• Must conduct daily symptom assessments by coaches and players (self-evaluation). Anyone experiencing symptoms must stay home.
• No team water coolers or shared drinking stations.
• Face coverings are strongly recommended for any spectators.
• For each practice session, it is recommended that coaches divide players into groups and establish rotating shifts when possible.
• Athletes should bring individual water containers.
• Virtual meetings should be considered when possible.
• Athletes are strongly recommended to travel to the venue alone or with a member(s) of their immediate household, if possible. Face coverings are strongly recommended for individuals traveling to and from the venue.
• Whenever possible, equipment and personal items should have proper separation and should not be shared. If equipment must be shared, proper sanitation
Athletes
• Must adhere to six foot social distancing practices off the field of play.
• Must wear face coverings at all times when not actively participating in the field of play.
• Must conduct daily symptom assessments by coaches and players (self-evaluation). Anyone experiencing symptoms must stay home.
• Must not share water or equipment. Belongings should be used only by the individual owner or including, but not limited to water bottles, gloves, bats, hats, and other on- and off-field gear.
• No touch rule – players should refrain from high fives, handshake lines, and other physical contact with teammates, opposing players, coaches, umpires, and fans. A “tip the cap” can be used following the game in lieu of the handshake line.
• No spitting or eating seeds, gum, other similar products.
• Hand washing or hand sanitizing, in the absence of soap and water, are strongly recommended for athletes during the games.
• Whenever possible, equipment and personal items should have proper separation and should not be shared. If equipment must be shared, proper sanitation should be administered between users.
Spectators
• Must adhere to six foot social distancing practices. This includes in and around bleachers for anyone not in the same family.
• Must conduct daily symptom assessments (self-evaluation). Anyone experiencing symptoms must stay home.
• Must not enter player areas (on the field of play or bench areas and locker rooms.
• Must keep six-feet or more distance from the backstop.
• Strongly recommended to wear face coverings at all times.
• Hand washing or hand sanitizing, in the absence of soap and water, is recommended strongly during the games.
Umpires
• Must adhere to six-foot social distancing practices when interacting with players, coaches, and spectators off the field of play.
• Must conduct daily symptom assessments (self-evaluation). Anyone experiencing symptoms must stay home.
• Must wear face coverings at all
• Must avoid exchanging documents or equipment with players, coaches, or spectators.
• Digital registration, check-in and payment for all events.
• Umpires calling balls and strikes should allow adequate distance behind the catcher while still able to perform their duty.
Leaving Venue
• Individuals should not congregate in common areas or parking lot following the event or practice
• Umpires should adhere to social distancing practices when interacting with players, coaches, and spectators off the field of play.
• Individuals should not exchange items.
• Team meetings should occur virtually or over the phone rather than in a team huddle.
• Athletes are strongly recommended to travel to the venue alone or with a member(s) of their immediate household, if possible. Face coverings are strongly recommended for traveling to and from the venue.
• Team meals should only occur in compliance with the guidelines issued for restaurants of the state
Confirmed Cases
• Immediately isolate and seek medical care for any individual who develops symptoms.
• Contact the local health district about suspected cases or exposure.
• Organizer must maintain a complete list of coaches, players, and officials present at each event to include the date, beginning and ending time of the event, plus name, address, and phone contact to be made available upon request from local health district.
• Work with local health department to identify potentially infected or exposed individuals to help facilitate effective contact tracing/ notifications.
• Once testing is readily available, test all suspected infections or exposures.
• Following testing, contact local health department to initiate appropriate care and tracing.
Virus Regulations
Our League and all players are expected to observe all guidelines issued by the CDC, the State of Florida and Manatee County government.
Players will be responsible to provide liquid hand sanitizer in a spray bottle for themselves and their own equipment, including, but not limited to, batting helmets, bats, fielding gloves, sanitary gloves, seating and rain protection.
Players will be responsible to provide ALL their own equipment which should not be shared or otherwise come into contact with any other person.
It is strongly recommended that all players wear PPE equipment at all times and shall be allowed to do so.
All attendees should bring their own personal drinks and shall take their own drink containers home each time or disposed in the available containers.
All attendees should arrive at as close to game time with minimal warm-up time as is reasonable, and should leave, the fields as soon as the event is over.
There will be no intermingling between players (and members of their households) with any other person on the field or on any field in the same complex.
Every player and official upon arrival at the field shall, while wearing mouth and nose covering, submit to body temperature check and shall be denied participation if their bodily temperatures is 100.4 degrees or higher, and if so, then this information shall be submitted to governmental health authorities.
The capacity on the field shall not exceed 12 at any time. The capacity in connection with any field shall not exceed 25 at any time. If two games are being conducted at the same time and complex, then there shall be no co-minlging between attendees at either field and the total capacity at the complex shall not exceed 50.
All attendees must establish their position, for themselves, their seating and their equipment, along the outside of the sideline fence maintaining distancing except that managers or the principal catcher may position himself inside the end of the dugout the farthest from the dugout opening. Members of the same household may be positioned in the same location. Bleachers may be used ONLY if proper distancing can be maintained AT ALL TIMES, including pathways to and from the seat on the bleachers. Surfaces used on the bleachers are expected to be sanitized by the users before and after use.
Players are to stay at their assigned spots while waiting to take the field or for their turn to bat.
Catchers should provide their own catcher equipment.
Player equipment should be spaced accordingly outside the dugout to prevent direct contact.
Sunflower seeds, gum, etc., are not allowed.
Social distancing of six feet should be observed at all times.
All attendees should take measures to prevent all but the essential contact necessary to play the game. This should include refraining from handshakes, high fives, fist/elbow bumps, chest bumps, group celebrations, etc.
All players should sanitize their hands after each inning and when going to and returning from the restrooms, and are expected to sanitize any fixtures or surface touched while in the restroom, including doors.
The balls should be brought onto the mound by the team going on defense and brought back to the dug out area after the 1/2 inning (or something similar).
“Bat clearing” may have to be by the team on offense using their foot to kick the bat to the backstop.
Foul balls landing outside the field of play should be retrieved by the team of defense.
Each team’s assigned baseballs will be rotated throughout the game.
Practices are not authorized or sponsored by the League.
Anyone who is showing signs or symptoms of sickness should stay home.
We understand this is a serious illness, we request those with a chronic disease or those who are immune-compromised, please consider staying home and not attending until the doctors signal “all clear”.
COVID Compliance: The demonstrated willingness of the player to observe the SPIRIT as well as the letter of all COVID response regulations despite any disagreement and or opinion as to necessity for those regulations. Please remember that ALL players, for their safety and for the safety of everyone with whom they may come in contact during their daily lives, expect EVERY other player to fully and strictly observe these policies without players having to say or do ANYTHING to induce the other player to observe the regulations. This is the essence of the “social contract” that we ALL have with everyone of each other. We all give up a little of our personal “freedom” for the protections of others. If you cannot live up to your end of the bargain, then please do not make the other player, any other player or any league official be “the bad guy”, because you can expect that they will be “the bad guy” and that your participation may be IMMEDIATELY terminated, without discount, and future participation denied.
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