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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Maybe I misstated it, then; or was unclear. The NGB's mission, to provide a team to represent the USA, would lead the association to attempt to maintain similar rules; just as pitching distance is attempted to match ISF distances. My intent was to indicate he is foolish to suggest that ASA should leave that thought pattern, to dumb down a rule he can't understand.
While I generally agree that high school doesn't exactly lead to NCAA, NFHS thinks it does. Certainly the high school coaches believe they do more to get girls in colleges than travel ball. With that thought process, again foolish to suggest that NFHS will dumb down their rule to the older, more restrictive DH rule.
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No, I understand that you were offering your impression of the article's meaning and it was that to which I was replying.
If I follow up on my opinion of the Fed's belief, I'm sure to get blasted, but in all honesty, at least in my area, HS ball pales in comparison to the doors opened by highly competitive travel ball regardless of the assn. OTOH, just think how much money the parents have wasted all these years going to NCs and showcase tournaments when they just could have stayed at home and waited for the scouts to call. Assuming, that is, that the Fed's self-evaluation as Steve sees it is correct.
