EVENT DETAILS

Welcome to the Music City Sports / USSSA Music City Hits Showcase! We’re excited to host you at beautiful Fly Park in Franklin, Tennessee, located just 20 minutes from downtown Nashville — Music City USA. This fastpitch softball tournament features age divisions 14u through 18u, bringing together talented teams for a full weekend of competitive play. The event format includes four pool games and single elimination on Sunday, guaranteeing plenty of action. This event is unique in the fact that college coaches will be coaching the teams on Saturday for a truly maximum showcase opportunity. We’re thrilled to have you join us and wish all teams the best of luck for a fun and memorable weekend!

ROSTERS: Teams are required to have their rosters and guest players submitted on their online roster before the event starts. If a team does not have all their players on their USSSA roster, they are subject to forfeiture.  This includes guest players as well.

FORMAT/GAME INFO: The format for this event is four pool games and a single elimination championship bracket on Sunday! All game times are 70 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:

• No refunds issued once the schedule has been completed.
• No refunds issued if a team withdraws 14 days prior to the event unless the team that withdrew finds a replacement team to take their place.
• No refunds issued if a team withdraws five days prior to the event, regardless if a replacement team can be found or not.

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 APP Push Notifications, event website page, email, Facebook and X 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.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing everyone soon!

$575

The entry fee can be paid by logging into your USSSA account and paying online or teams can pay via Venmo with the QR code below. Teams are not officially in the event until the entry fee has been paid.

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