Obstruction / Malicious Contact

[CecilOne]

As I get this, the out for UC is just "speaking ASA".

I do agree with the ejection if it appeared to be malicious or flagrant contact, obstruction otherwise. However, I would not banish a youth player from the field unless accompanied by a coach or parent, even though only NFHS forbids it.

The following are worth repeating:

"It does not make a defender without the ball fair game. Dumb move on behalf of the defender, yes; right to be used as a tackling dummy, no. All players have an obligation to avoid a collision, if possible.

There is no rule forbidding a defender from being in the runner's path. The rule forbids impeding the progress of a runner without the ball."

"Intentionally running into someone is never, never, never acceptable. I don't understand why some of us are not understanding this SIMPLE safety rule.

You must be watching too many collisions on TV baseball games. Intentional collisions are not allowed."