ASA Proposed Rule Changes of Note

wadeintothem

The cool thing is I've been awarded the ASA/USA 18A tourney next year.

Obviously while everyone else is showcasing their HS all star players at "other tournaments" (maybe they should just do a combine instead of a 18G tournament)... I'll be working the top level national tournament in the only open division 18 y/o competitive level left. 😀

wadeintothem

and I would be remiss if I didnt mention .. 18A, being the open division now, should be the tournament that counts as the major.. Not the 18Gold .. 😎

IRISHMAFIA

Dakota wrote
re: college players: can't play in G or B, but can in A.

End result: 18A is now the premier 18U division and the 18G becomes the "high school all-stars who don't have a scholarship yet" division.

Actually, not as far fetched as you sound. It was even mentioned in committee that maybe ASA needs to create what is basically a "competitive" division and a "showcase" division. The possible names noted were the 18U Gold (comp) and 18U Silver (showcase).

The point being (which many parents/coaches seem to miss) is that the premier softball tournament should be played by the best 18U teams in the country and that cannot exclude the better ball players that properly qualify to play. The fact that they may be in college should be irrelevant to an age-oriented classification.

IMO, if teams were properly classified (okay, stop laughing), the "B"s would be the perfect place for the returning collegiates to play.

SethPDX

wadeintothem wrote
The cool thing is I've been awarded the ASA/USA 18A tourney next year.

Obviously while everyone else is showcasing their HS all star players at "other tournaments" (maybe they should just do a combine instead of a 18G tournament)... I'll be working the top level national tournament in the only open division 18 y/o competitive level left. 😃

Well then, congratulations and West Coast represent! 😎

ChampaignBlue

"GMAFB! We have more to worry about issues which directly affect the game. Maybe whe should have NASA scan the skies every half inning to insure a wayward meteor will not fall near a field."

They already do! They're also scanning your field and sending info to the NSA. Will there be a uniform change to allow foil hats?

NCASAUmp

ChampaignBlue wrote
"GMAFB! We have more to worry about issues which directly affect the game. Maybe whe should have NASA scan the skies every half inning to insure a wayward meteor will not fall near a field."

They already do! They're also scanning your field and sending info to the NSA. Will there be a uniform change to allow foil hats?

Official Gear has already got them in stock.

Dakota

ChampaignBlue wrote
....Will there be a uniform change to allow foil hats?

That's just what they want us to do...

On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study (MIT)

Conclusion
The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for ''radio location'' (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites (see, for example, [3]). The 2.6 Ghz band coincides with mobile phone technology. Though not affiliated by government, these bands are at the hands of multinational corporations.

It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC. We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings.

Blind Squirrel

wadeintothem wrote
So Cal coaches tired of the fact that they no longer dominate 18G.

The other huge driving fact.. the fact that many coaches and parents too simply want 18G to be a showcase division (hence the reason for a big end of year showcase through premier) and not a competitive division.

I am a SoCal parent. Never been a softball ump or a coach.

How does the elimination of college players address the issue in your first statement?

John

wadeintothem

NCASAUmp wrote
Official Gear has already got them in stock.

I hear they fade rather quickly, so dont wash your tinfoil.

NCASAUmp

So the new ASA rules for 2010 have been posted on ASA's website here: http://downloads.asasoftball.com/about/pdf/2010playingrulechangeswithcomments.pdf

In it, they talk about allowing an item such as the Grip-N-Rip (pictured here), but also requiring them to be taped. They also mention that the tape must be a continuous spiral. Does this mean that the tape securing the G-n-R must be continuously spiral?

My though is "no," as the G-n-R is a grip in and of itself, and securing it to the bat with tape should be enough. However, I'd like your opinions first.

IRISHMAFIA

NCASAUmp wrote
So the new ASA rules for 2010 have been posted on ASA's website here: http://downloads.asasoftball.com/about/pdf/2010playingrulechangeswithcomments.pdf

In it, they talk about allowing an item such as the Grip-N-Rip (pictured here), but also requiring them to be taped. They also mention that the tape must be a continuous spiral. Does this mean that the tape securing the G-n-R must be continuously spiral?

My though is "no," as the G-n-R is a grip in and of itself, and securing it to the bat with tape should be enough. However, I'd like your opinions first.

Actually, it doesn't mention any item other than tape and a finger molding grip. The GNR isn't the only finger molding on the market and not all GNR products are finger molded.

My opinion, for now, is that any attachment should be under the tape, but you never know.

NCASAUmp

IRISHMAFIA wrote
Actually, it doesn't mention any item other than tape and a finger molding grip. The GNR isn't the only finger molding on the market and not all GNR products are finger molded.

My opinion, for now, is that any attachment should be under the tape, but you never know.

I do believe that the rule requires it to be firmly attached with tape. My concern, of course, is that the rule also specifically states that the tape must be continuously spiral. I think that in the case of the Grip-N-Rip pictured in my link, keeping it continuously spiral without completely taking away from the effects of the finger molding might become difficult.

NCASAUmp

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I was wondering if anyone had any other thoughts regarding requiring a "continuous spiral" over these knobcuffs? I'd promised another person on another forum that I would ask around.

My interpretation is that the tape must be continuously spiral, but can go under the finger-forming/flare/cone grip, so long as the finger-forming/flare/cone grip is also securely taped to the bat (umpire's reasonable judgment) AND that there is no exposed metal in the 10-15" area.

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