[CecilOne]

Once again, we're back to is it or not based on "ordinary effort"; when the purpose of the rule is to protect runners. Not to mention a defensive coach asking for a call that is supposed to favor the offense. Mike makes a good point with "How many 10U teams out there have enough talent to intentionally drop a fly ball in the infield and then still get 2 outs. If a coach tried to coach this - he'd likely get NO outs way more often than he'd get 2."
Thinking about the purpose leads to realizing that the risk to the runners occurs when
- the ball lands close enough to a fielder and a base for a play to be made and
- the flight of the ball was long enough in time for a runner(s) to get far enough off the base to be in jeopardy.
The second is more a factor in softball because of the lead restrictions. The rule was written for baseball and although it's nice to have a few rules be the same, needs to be different for softball.
The rule needs to be changed to reflect the potential effect on the runners and not the ordinary effort which we never seem to agree on.
While ordinary effort remains in the rule, it means ordinary; not skilled. At whatever level, if ordinary play could have reached the ball in time for a catch or play; it doesn't matter if the specific player makes a mistake, ignores the ball, misplays it or whatever. It only matters that a normal (non-superstar) player COULD have made the play.