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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
One thing that would be nice is taking a page from NFHS.. this goes straight on the coaches, by written rule
"Coach are your players/equipment legal?"
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Is as useless as the piece of paper on which it is written and a total waste of time and effort.
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Thus ends my equipment check other than a TRUE courtesy check and being watchful during the game.
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Actually, it ends nothing. One coach making a useless claim does not absolve an umpire from due dilligence. At least when you check, when you go to court, you can confirm that you did your job and any illegal equipment must have been brought out after the equipment check.
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Pre game equipment checks fall virtually by the way side after the first few games of any tourney I've ever worked, especially once the mad 10 mins between games rotation begins... and of course, very few are dumb enough to set their modified/illegal bats out for the pregame stuff in any case.
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At the state level, maybe the detail inspection, but not to the point of ignoring the equipment. Above that, every piece of equipment is checked every game
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I think it would be much wiser to place this squarely on the coaches. They DO know who has illegal bats on their team.
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But it doesn't. You are confusing a game sanctioned by an organization of members required by law to act in loco parentis with a game that is not. This does not apply to ASA or any other organization.