The Platinum division will be comprised of the typical large state, mega-combo, and/or teams that typically perform well in the World Series. The Gold division will be for teams that typically go 0-4 or 1-3 in the World Series, but it will still be highly competitive because many high quality teams have losing overall WS records. Ps.Com will allow teams to state a preference but ultimately Ps.Com management will have final say-so based on the overall needs of the event. Obviously based on the division sizes (39/15) we will be more likely to bump a “wobbler” team up rather than down. If for some reason the numbers do not justify two divisions we will combine teams into one larger division.

Our goal has always been to draw the top law enforcement teams in the nation and that will continue to be our focus. We believe it is important for the best travel teams from participating states to come together at the World Series. To that end, we have allotted a certain number of pre-determined berths per state (see the list below 1-31). We based those berths on past performance/history and/or previous participation in the World Series. We recognize that not all teams listed will attend the 2010 event for whatever reason so their spots will become “at large” berths. We have also awarded berths to all past World Series Champions, since winning the event means they have earned their place in future World Series. (see list below 32-35). The SMWS winners, B&G won a spot at the 2009 WS (see list below 36).

Since there are over 50 teams in the California we will be allotting numerous berths to California teams. We decided the top 3 pre-determined berths for California based teams will be based on the 2009 World Series finish minus the earned spots by previous WS winners Quake, Alliance and HardCor. (see list below 29-31).

The other California berths (qualification berths) are divided evenly between a North Regional event and a South Regional event. Both will be wide open to teams from all over but we chose one north and one south simply due to geography. Each tournament will have 6 berths that will be awarded to the highest finishing team that has not already qualified (example: If Quake wins a tournament, the berth would go to the team that finishes second. If that team already has a berth it will drop down to third place and so on…). Star6/Sacramento on June 26/27 and Summer Classic/Riverside on July 31/Aug 1 will be the qualifying events and will each have 6 berths at each event (see below 37-48). In addition to following the Min Eligibility Standards, those two tournaments will follow some type of roster rule similar to what the World Series & West Palm Beach already have in place (details later). Additionally these will both be provided bats tournaments. We believe teams should earn berths with their own rosters so implementing a roster rule for these events will help to ensure this occurs.

Policesoftball.com will hold 2 “at large” berths to allow us some flexibility (see 53-54).

LIST OF WORLD SERIES ALLOCATIONS

NEW YORK
1.New York Metro
2.Road Dogs (Boys in Blue)
3.NYPD Blues
4.Suffolk

FLORIDA
5.Jacksonville PSC
6.South Florida Lawmen
7.Orlando BlueSox

MICHIGAN
8.Michigan Lawmen
9.Detroit’s Finest
10.Motor City Blues

MINNESOTA
11.Minnesota Lawmen

MISSOURI
12.St Louis Lawmen

KENTUCKY
13.Bluegrass Lawmen

OHIO
14.Buckeye Lawmen

IOWA
15.Iowa Lawmen

NEW JERSEY
16.Shamrock Enforcers
17.Dirty Jersey Boys

ILLINOIS
18.Chicago Metro
19.Illinois Lawmen

DELAWARE
20.Delaware Assoc. of Police

VIRGINIA
21.Virginia Lawmen

FEDERAL AGENCY
22.US Secret Service

WASHINGTON DC
23.Capitol City Lawmen

WASHINGTON
24.Officers Only

MARYLAND
25.Maryland State Police
26.Prince George SO

TEXAS
27. Team Texas

NEVADA
28. Sin City

CALIFORNIA
29. LAPD Blue (9th place)
30. Aftershock (13th place)
31. DEA Combo (13th place)
*12 additional spots allocated via berth system explained below

PAST WORLD SERIES WINNERS
32.Ohio Lawmen
33.Calif. Quake
34.SoCal Alliance
35.HardCor

RESERVED SPOT FOR SMALL MARKET WORLD SERIES WINNER
36. Burbank/Glendale Combo

BERTH TOURNAMENTS

(*6 berths at each event awarded to top finishing teams that do not already have berths).

37.-42. Sac Sheriff Star-Six, Sacramento June 26-27
43.-48. Policesoftball.Com Summer Classic, Riverside July 31-Aug 1

ADDED TEAMS

49. Rhode Island Lawmen/RHODE ISLAND
50. Green County Enforcers/OHIO
51. South West Elite (formerly known as USBP Elite)/ARIZONA
52. Charles County Lawmen/MARYLAND

53.-54. 2 “at large” berths to be awarded during the year.