Sheridan American Legion Baseball To Form New Board

The Sheridan American Legion Baseball Organization is putting together new leadership to stay compliant with National American Legion Baseball rules.

Last month Wyoming American Legion Post 7 suspended its baseball program sponsorship of Sheridan American Legion Baseball, Inc., after months of what it called unresolved compliance issues with National American Legion Baseball program rules.

Since then, every member of the board has resigned, but will stay on until a new board is assembled.

Jay Martinson is the athletic director of Sheridan Legion Baseball and says the goal is to get a 3-to-5 member board assembled by the end of October and possibly expand to 9 members later.

As far as the coaching staff, players, and fall and winter workouts, those are allowed to continue as is.

“As far as coaching, athletic director, baseball games, the way the program runs, everything will stay the same and it’s all board maintenance stuff that just needs to get cleaned up and we’ll get that done and carry on. I think everybody knows as long as we move forward then that’s good. I’ve had a few past/current board members say as long as we keep the core group, myself and Coach (Austin) Cowen in there, that everything should move forward.”

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According to John Matthews of Sheridan Legion Post 7, the 4 rules for Legion organizations are listed below, although it is unclear which rule(s) were violated.

Violation of one or more of these rules will require National to enforce intellectual property rights against the organization creating the violation.

Rule #1 – “Leadership” – All elected and appointed leaders must be confirmed by the parent organization after each selection, or as needed.

Rule #2 – “Rules” – All bylaws, amendments and/or standing rules must be presented to the parent organization for confirmation and approval prior to use.

Rule #3 – “Reports” – The program will provide to the parent organization: (a) monthly activities reports; (b) quarterly financial reports; (c) an annual financial statement; and (d) any additional reports) requested by the parent organization.

Rule #4 – “Controls” – The parent organization may provide the present with the employee identification number (EIN) and the tax-exemption status with the necessary financial controls over their usage. All program financial accounts must have a minimum of two (2) signatories appointed by the parent organization.