[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by Roger Greene

I think the reasoning you restrict to the bench instead of ejecting in softball is that there is a bit of concern about sending that 14 or 15 yoa girl to the parking lot unsupervised. A comment of present day society and the number of bad guys out there.

As a side note, for most player ejections in NC we allow the player to remain in the dugout unless there are enough team or school personell to accompany him or her to the bus/parking lot. Again safty & libiality concerns. The ejected player must sit in the dugout and breathe very quietly though.

Roger Greene

Restricting a player, substitute, coach, or bench personnel to the dugout under NFHS baseball and softball rules means that the person has conducted himself/herself in a manner that does not require an ejection but is still a serious violation of the rules. In all of the sports for which the NFHS writes rules, when a player, substitute, or student bench personnel is ejected from the game, the game officials do not have the student removed from the bench; the student is to remain on the bench under the supervision of the coaching staff. Therefore, in baseball and softball, you can have a player restricted to the bench that would not require a game report because while the player cannot play for the remainder of the game it is not the same as being ejected from the game which would require a game report.