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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
At any rate, we are WAY over stating these college players. The ones playing gold are freshman, usually with little playing time, and most are on a 25% +/- ride. Only a very few elite pitchers and VERY VERY few others are 100% free ride.
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This is also true of baseball where a teams get less than 12 scholarships to cover the entire roster. You make a good point and I wonder how many softball players see the full rides being given out in football and basketball and think that's what they will get as well.
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Originally Posted by tcannizzo
What? I would be curious to know how many of the Gold coaches in attendance and voting are on the JO Committee. I don't remember her name, but it was the National JO Commissioner at the time, Patty? Cindy?
How does a unanimous vote not get out of Committee?
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Well, like you said, that was 8 years ago, so you'd have to go back and track them all down to find out how many of them were on the committee. All I really know about the behind the scenes work of ASA is what I read from Mike and others here, but it seems like this issue was/is a big deal to a lot of coaches. Okay, haven't these coaches been around long enough to know who is in a position to present their concerns to ASA? If so, why didn't enough coaches talk to members of the committee about the changes they would like to see?
Or to use an analogy: If I don't like the quality of my association's training, complaining about it to some buddies is fine, but if I want the quality of training to improve I know which officers I need to give my feedback to. Do the coaches really not know who to talk to in their situation?