NFHS Baseball Rule BESR Sticker Position Statement

[TwoBits]

Don't know if this has been posted before, but a similar debate was held on the softball site about ASA stickers.

This is directly from the NFHS web site:

NFHS Baseball Rule
1-3-5 Ball Exit Speed Ratio (BESR) Sticker Position Statement
For purposes of being able to identify non-wood baseball bats that meet the Ball Exit Speed Ratio (BESR) performance standard, bats bearing the certification mark as a sticker or decal are deemed in compliance, as long as the bat manufacturer provided the sticker or decal to the bat owner.

[jicecone]

"as long as the bat manufacturer provided the sticker or decal to the bat owner."

As an official standing along side of the dugout inspecting the bats, how do I know where that sticker came from?

[Rog]

re: "Don't know if this has been posted before, but a similar debate was held on the softball site about ASA stickers."

Yes it has:

http://www.officialforum.com/thread/7768

[jicecone]

Looks like you never got an answer.

Oh by the way, want to buy some stickers, $10.00 a doz. ??????????????

[gobama84]

Doesn't matter to me where sticker came from. My job is to be sure that the bat has BESR markings. I had a team with no legal catchers mask this week(no NOCSAE markings at all). They told me that they had played used all year and no umpire had said anything about it. I threw it out and they had to borrow one from the other team. I will be bringing that up at our weekly association meeting tonight. Only problem with that is the only people at the meeting are the one's who care.

[DaFut]

According to Fed rule 1-3-5 on page 14, "Beginning January 1, 2003, all non-wood bats shall meet the Ball Exit Speed Ratio (BESR) performance standard, and such bats shall be labeled with a silk screen or other permanent certification mark."

With that said, how would a stick-on or adhesive label be considered "permanent"?

I'll readily admit that I'm very new to NFHS or Fed rules, but isn't permanent "permanent"?