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[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

We all know the written ASA rule and I'm not sure why you keep restating it.

NUS and my UIC will allow benching. I'm sure you know NUS allows benching in practice for girls, because they have said it in every clinic where I have heard it brought up. In fact, in my area they are even trying to put it in the bylaws (something I vehemently oppose and will be voting and have argued against).

There are times when the black and white written rule is not what is exactly taught at clinics or whats done in practice, and ejection/leave the park vs benching a minor is one of them.

Well, ejecting a minor out of the park carries numerous other issues with it, such as the fact that the player IS a minor and, in this society, would require a chaperone with her in the parking lot.

You also don't have the same complications from a minor getting ejected as you do with an adult. Most minors just slump on the bench, but an adult wants to give you a piece of his mind.

I have no problems with letting the minor sit on the bench, so long as they do so quietly and under the control of the coach. If they get out of control (such as calling the umpire a "mother f..." - it happened last week to an umpire I know), then that's a different matter.

At the NUS I went to in February, this issue was not brought up, but each instructor has his/her own list of discussions.