PSP Restricts Yellow for 2010 Season

In previous seasons, players were not allowed to have orange on their equipment or apparel. This was referred to as a “protected” color, so teams knew that if they were shooting orange paint, it would not “blend into” the opponent’s equipment/gear. Orange paint fill is no longer allowed at PSP events (as well as pink and red) due to its staining nature. Therefore, beginning with the 2010 season, PSP will allow orange equipment/clothing and change the protected color to yellow.

As such, players may not wear or carry yellow clothing or equipment on the playing field, with the exception that yellow is allowed on clothing if no wider than 0.5 cm at any point, and no more than 10% of any 5cm by 5cm square. This allows teams to wear most sponsor logos on their jerseys, but prevents someone from stacking yellow stripes or dots together in the shoulders or other critical area. Clothing and equipment that interferes with a judge’s ability to officiate the game will remain prohibited.

In an effort to minimize the impact of this rule change on teams who currently have customized jerseys with yellow in excess of the new restrictions, teams may petition for a one-season exemption from new restrictions. To receive an exemption, the jersey must be a custom jersey and the team must submit a photo of the current jersey, the artwork used to print the jersey, and an invoice from the jersey manufacturer for the jersey dated on or after March 1, 2009. This information must be submitted by January 29, 2010 to [email protected]. Exemptions will only be granted if the jerseys will not have a significant impact on the effectiveness of officials, and will only be valid if the team name on the jerseys corresponds to the name the team is competing under and all players on the team are wearing the same jersey design.

The PSP rules will be amended as follows:
8.1.11.3: Deleted (footwear restriction)
8.6.3.2: Deleted (hopper restriction)

Add:
8.7.3. The color yellow is prohibited on any player equipment or clothing, except that a player’s jersey, pants, gloves or shoes may have yellow so long as no part of yellow coloring is more than 0.25 cm from some other color, and no more than 10% of any 5cm by 5cm square on clothing or item is yellow.
8.7.3.1. For reference purposes, ‘yellow’ is any color similar to Pantone colors 101, 102, 107, 108, 109, 116, 3945, 3955, 3965, and 803, although any head judge may prohibit any equipment they believe interferes with the judges’ ability to officiate effectively.

2010 PSP Prize Packages and RoF

PSP RoF for all divisions will be 12.5 bps

Prizes and Entry for each division

Pro: $2500 entry
1.) $12,000 + Trophy/Medals
2.) $6,000 + Trophy/Medals
3.) $3,000 + Trophy/Medals
4.) Trophy/Medals

Semi-Pro: $2,500 Entry
1.) $8,000 + Trophy/Medals
2.) $4,000 + Trophy/Medals
3.) $2,000 + Trophy/Medals
4.) Trophy/Medals

D1: $2,750 Entry
1.) $6,500 + Trophy/Medals
2.) $3,000 + Trophy/Medals
3.) $1,500 + Trophy/Medals
4.) Trophy/Medals

D2: $2,750 Entry
1.) $5,000 + Trophy/Medals
2.) $2,000 + Trophy/Medals
3.) $1,000 + Trophy/Medals
4.) Trophy/Medals

D3/D4 Race to 4: $2,500 Entry
1.) Entry Fee + Trophy/Medals
2.) Half Entry Fee + Trophy/Medals
3.) Trophy/Medals
4.) Trophy/Medals

D3/D4 Race to 2: $1,100 Entry
1.) Entry Fee + Trophy/Medals
2.) Half Entry Fee + Trophy/Medals
3.) Trophy/Medals
4.) Trophy/Medals

2010 Changes for PSP and Phoenix Open Date

For the 2010 season, PSP has decided to make some changes:

1.) Events will now be 3-day events, Friday-Sunday except for Chicago Open and World Cup which will be 4-day events, Thursday-Sunday

2.) a. Classification will be done differently. A player is no longer forced to bump his/her APPA classification status if he/she has played in a higher division for 2 events. Class promotion is now based on performance.
b. Older events count less to a player’s APPA status

3.) a.Entry fees are now based on format of play (i.e. Race to 5 or Race to 7) and not by division (i.e. Div4 or Div1). Depending on which format your team plays, is how much your entry fee will be.
b. ” Prizes will also be distributed with greater emphasis towards rewarding teams choosing to compete in higher divisions.” I guess this means the prize winnings will be increased but that makes me think that the entry fees will be higher.

RoF for each division will remain the same for the 2010 season

The first event of the season for PSP will be the Phoenix Open on March 19-21, 2010 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ.

Registration for the Phoenix Open begins on January 19, 2010.

2009 World Cup Webcast On Demand but Not Really

PSP has started releasing the 2009 World Cup webcast footage. To my recollection, it used to be free but now it’s not (which is lame). In order to watch a match, you have to pay $2.99 and download the video via itunes (i assume it’s through itunes, it says something at the bottom of the page about going through itunes to get the video). So it’s not really an on demand type of thing, more of a pay per view but i assume you get to keep the video after you have paid and downloaded it.

There are 60sec previews but it’s not even worth it watch those. I only watched the previews for dynasty vs damage and x-factor vs red legion and you see little to no game footage, just Matty Marshall talking. I understand that it’s a preview but a little game footage would be nice.