Mercy rules NFHS

[bkbjones]

Our state association in WA leaves it up to the local leagues/districts/conferences to decide the game ending rules. We have some who use 15 after 3, but most are 10 after 5. At times, even with the 10 after 5, if it's out of hand after 3 turns the folks on the wrong end are volunteering to pack it up for the day.

By the same token, they also leave it up to the locals to decide when to implement the tie-breaker...it goes from the 8th to the 11th, depending on the league.

[shipwreck]

Here in Nebraska it is 12 after 3 and 10 after 5. Dave

[Chess Ref]

In our area Varsity is 10 after 5. Jv is also 10 after 5 but we also have a 2 hour time limit and we CAN have ties.

[CelticNHBlue]

Count yourselves lucky. In MA, the state allows each conference to detemine its game ending procedures with the exception of the post season. In the conferences I have worked, we have no 3rd inning run rule , only 15 after 5 and rarely use a tie-breaker.

[WestMichBlue]

Michigan game shortening rules:

15/3, 10/5
By mutual concent after 15 run difference
May use time limits for sub-varsity
May establish shorter games. (Around here freshmen play 5-inning DH, some JV are moving to 6-inning DH.)

WMB

[Skahtboi]

In Texas, the state adopted the 10 after 5 rule, but later said that if the districts so choose, they can use a 15 after 3 rule.

[argodad]

[QUOTE=bkbjones]Our state association in WA leaves it up to the local leagues/districts/conferences to decide the game ending rules. We have some who use 15 after 3, but most are 10 after 5. At times, even with the 10 after 5, if it's out of hand after 3 turns the folks on the wrong end are volunteering to pack it up for the day.

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In Florida it's 10 after 5, with no exceptions for extreme mismatches. In 2005 we had a really bad team agree to end a couple of 22-0 games after 3 innings. (Actually, it was the losing coach who made the offer.) FHSAA made the teams return on separate days and finish 5 innings.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by argodad

In Florida it's 10 after 5, with no exceptions for extreme mismatches. In 2005 we had a really bad team agree to end a couple of 22-0 games after 3 innings. (Actually, it was the losing coach who made the offer.) FHSAA made the teams return on separate days and finish 5 innings.

WHY?!?!

This should just be recorded as a 7-0 forfeit.

[argodad]

Originally Posted by Andy

WHY?!?!

This should just be recorded as a 7-0 forfeit.

That was the other option, but that comes with financial (and other) repercussions for the forfeiting school, so FHSAA let them finish instead.

[Dakota]

Look, if no batter comes to bat, the call three strikes for delay on each batter / each team. 12 outs. Let's go home.

[SRW]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Look, if no batter comes to bat, the call three strikes for delay on each batter / each team. 12 outs. Let's go home.

Do you then stand there and say "strike" 36 times while everyone is packing up their stuff?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by SRW

Do you then stand there and say "strike" 36 times while everyone is packing up their stuff?

I agree with the , but it neatly gets around the bureaucrats who would insist that the game is either forfeit or suspended. They deserve a

High school state associations seem to be dominated by dweebs in too many cases.