“We wanted to create a League for the Players. A space for Players to grow as Athletes, Friends, and Members of Society.”
The Old North State League started as a small dream between a Father and Son. The son a Professional Baseball Player grinding his way through independent minor league baseball, and the Dad his biggest supporter and entrepreneur. Alec Allred phoned his Dad, Reggie Allred, in late summer of 2018, on his way home to North Carolina from his team in Michigan. What started as a talking point to pass the time on the 10-hour car ride, soon transformed into one of the largest Summer Collegiate Baseball Leagues in the United States, and the creation of national plan to unite all college summer baseball leagues.
In March of 2023, the Old North State League signed an agreement to become the first Partner League of The Players League. Coined the “League of Leagues”, The Players League was established to unite college summer baseball leagues around the country for the better of the player. Through their initiatives, TPL hopes to provide better guidelines for pitching guidelines, player development, and to help teams scale a successful college summer baseball team as a sport entertainment business. The ONSL is now owned and operated by The Players League. Eric Sibrizzi, a long time college baseball coach in North Carolina was named the Commissioner of the Old North State League.