Nigeria Baseball and Softball association standardizes competitions

The Executive Committee of the NBSA after a virtual meeting on the 10th of March 2021 resolved to uphold the standardization of competitions as recommended by a taskforce constituted for that purpose more than a month earlier.

With the development, all baseball and softball competitions are to hold using the standards set by the Taskforce to engender club development, aquisition of skills by officials and players and prepare teams for international tournaments.

The President of the Association, Dr William Boyd, warned that Clubs and state associations interested in hosting competitions must adhere to these standards otherwise the tournament will not be sanctioned by the NBSA.

 He reiterated that situation existing hitherto in the association in which all sorts of unregulated tournaments were organised can no longer be tolerated. He added that affiliated clubs, players and officials who participated in such unregulated tournaments would face disciplinary actions of the Association.

In view of the development, three Competitions were therefore sanctioned a) U18 Baseball and Softball Championship in May at Ilorin

b) U12 and U15 Softball Tournament in April at Badagry

c) Baseball5 Tournament in August, Lagos and

d) U12 and U15 Baseball Tournament in October at Port Harcourt.

Further to the adoption of the standards, a senior national baseball and softball tournament that was reportedly scheduled to hold in Ilorin in March was disapproved by the Executive Committee.

Consequently, clubs, players and officials were disallowed from attending the said competition. The Association reiterated that attendance of such or similar ones will attract strong disciplinary actions.