DEFO/DP/Flex explanation

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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Don't blame NFHS for this one. NCAA was first to make the change; it seems the college coaches, all college graduates, most with graduate degrees, even some with doctorates, just couldn't grasp why a position called DEfense ONly could play offense (when she was no longer playing that position!! When you move your catcher to shortstop, she isn't catcher any more is she??) sometime during a game. They insisted a new name be coined, and FLEX was the NCAA creation. ASA agreed to accept the new term, for consistency; when NFHS decided to adopt the rule to replace the more baseball DH rule, it adopted the then universal names.

Like you said, Steve, the folks just couldn't grasp the concept of when the player designated as the DEFO batted, that player was no longer the DEFO because that position had disappeared. When not batting this player is defense only, hence the name.