Will ASA legalize metal

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Do you think ASA could legalize them for any level w/o legalizing for the ex-baseball dominated AA?

What? Spikes are legal for all ASA play except JO, Co-Ed and Seniors. Always have been since I began umpiring softball.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

What? Spikes are legal for all ASA play except JO, Co-Ed and Seniors. Always have been since I began umpiring softball.

OK, I forgot it was a local rule.

[AtlUmpSteve]

Speaking for THIS voting member, I would vote to allow metal spikes on any JO age group pitching from 43'. If 18A and 16A aren't capable of pitching from 43', they aren't capable of safely wearing metal cleats.

[WestMichBlue]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Speaking for THIS voting member, I would vote to allow metal spikes on any JO age group pitching from 43'. If 18A and 16A aren't capable of pitching from 43', they aren't capable of safely wearing metal cleats.

And a 13 y.o. boy is?

But, he is pitching from 60'. Maybe that makes him a little more capable!

WMB

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by WestMichBlue

And a 13 y.o. boy is?

But, he is pitching from 60'. Maybe that makes him a little more capable!

WMB

When I was 13, I was already 5'11", pitched from a 50' mound and went bowling with a 15 lb ball.

However, in my opinion, metal cleats should not be allowed for players under 18. I never needed them, so why should they? To me, they're nothing more than a status symbol (being a big shot).

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Speaking for THIS voting member, I would vote to allow metal spikes on any JO age group pitching from 43'. If 18A and 16A aren't capable of pitching from 43', they aren't capable of safely wearing metal cleats.

I don't agree with linking these two - they are addressing unrelated things.

I do wish they would all get it the same, though (on both issues).