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Two responses to your post, Atl...
1) With the exception of HS varsity and JV fields, most SB fields here are multi-use. They already cope with pitching plates ranging from 35' to 53'. I've even done tournaments where the field changed from 10U to 12U and back all on Saturday. If the field is set up for it, it is not that big of a deal. (BTW, my biggest issue with multi-use fields is not the PP, it is the fence distance.)
2) Your ISF example don't cut no ice as a comparison to the NCAA. Ask some of the NCAA umpires who calls the shots on rule enforcement in Div 1 college. It is not the umpires. If the powers-that-be (i.e. coaches) don't want the rule enforced, it won't be. If it is not going to be enforced, take it out. The leap clearly is not being enforced most of the time. Neither is the second push off. Neither is the 24" width. Adjust the book to what will be called. Quit pretending. JMO.
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Tom
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