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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
While any UIC or local area sanction may suggest (or require) that you ask if players are legally or properly equipped, the legal reality is that you are p'ing in the wind, unless it is an actual NFHS sanctioned game. The legal concept of in loco parentis, meaning in the place of a parent, only applies in high school. So ask anyone other than a high school coach, and the result is 1) they have no legal standing to waive YOUR (and others) liability, and 2) you are proving to anyone with a clue that you have no clue.
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Even in NFHS, it cannot stop someone from taking action against you or anyone else. While you will most likely prevail in NFHS, I don't think even God knows what is going to happen once something is in the legal system 
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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Thu Jul 13, 2017, 06:41am
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