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Old Fri Feb 14, 2014, 02:51pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE View Post
Technically here in NY, lineup cards are supposed to have the first and last names of the players on them. I have NEVER enforced this. What if someone get a hold of that, and starts looking up names on social media?? The theoretical reason behind this is so, in case a kid gets hurt, we can fill out our liability report. Well, I do not know about you, since I have 48 hours to fill this out, I personally am calling the AD's office the next and finding out.
I think you're going a little extreme here.

High school players have their names publicized all over the place. They get announced during pregame, when they come to bat, when they enter the game as a sub, etc. They get mentioned in newspaper accounts of games, sometimes with pictures of them. Many many high schools have websites for school sports with team rosters and pictures. Some schools even stream their games live on the web for family members to watch from anywhere on the globe, and players names are announced there.

If someone with ill intent really wanted to get the first and last name of a softball player, I seriously doubt they would go looking for a team lineup card.
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