brief version of ASA rules

[steveshane67]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Unfortunately, the rule book is such a complicated document that abridging it would be more dangerous than anything else I can possibly imagine on the field shy of giving coaches 10 shots of espresso. Anything that isn't covered in the abridged book will be assumed to be either legal or will be incomplete in such a way that the intent of the rules will be completely misunderstood.

It'd be about as useful as Cliff's Notes would be to someone getting a Master's in Literary Analysis: just enough to be dangerous, more than enough to be embarrassing for the user.

while i understand your point of view, i dont think its that bad of an idea.

99.9% of players arent going to read the rule book. players might read a "cliffs notes" version that covers common scenarios. players who know the "cliffs noted" version would be better, IMO, than players who dont know any rule versions. i know a pretty standard response i use often, to arguments posed by players, is "thats not a rule" or "thats not a rule in ASA softball"

obviously the rules would be prefaced with a statement like these are a concise version of the rules, not all scenarios for each rule, or exceptions for each rule are covered....