Amateur Athletic Union Baseball

Southeastern District
Tennessee / Alabama

SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT BASEBALL
New Age Cut-Off Date is May 1^st

PRESS RELEASE

AAU Baseball Endorses Change in Age Determination Date

The A.A.U. Baseball National Committee has voted to endorse the change in age determining date proposed early this year by U.S.A. Baseball. Effective for the 2006 season, the age determining date will be May 1 instead of the current August 1 date.

As previously indicated on this web site, A.A.U. Baseball has been a leader in supporting this proposed change since early this year, but necessarily had to follow a legislative process for discussing and democratically adopting the change prior to the meeting of the full A.A.U. Baseball committee this fall when changes of this nature would normally be considered. That legislative process has been followed and the A.A.U. Baseball District Directors have strongly voted in favor of the change.

Effective for the upcoming 2006 A.A.U. Baseball season beginning September 1, 2005 and continuing through August 31 , 2006, the age determining date for all age groups will be May 1 as indicated in the following table:

Of course, A.A.U. Baseball allows all players to elect to participate in a higher age group. Note that in any given season, a player may participate in only one age group as far as qualifiers and national competition is concerned.

The Amateur Athletic Union of the U.S.A. Inc. has been establishing governance of eligibility since 1898. A.A.U. Baseball has always worked closely with U.S.A. Baseball to encourage all youth baseball organizations in the United States to adopt rules and regulations that would further the sport of baseball across our country.

-Neil Parmenter, Chair, A.A.U. Baseball Committee