ASA bans more bats

[Dakota]

Originally posted by Tap
I think DeMarini has acknowledged via their customer service dept. that the Ultimate Distance does fall within the ban even though the bat is no longer made with that name on it.

It may very well be that the Ultimate Distance is the 1998 name for one of the 2002 bats with a different name. However, if the name is on the banned list from ASA, it's banned, and if it is not on the banned list (and is otherwise legal according to the pre-banning rule), then it is not banned as far as I am concerned.

Local organizations can add to / subtract from the ASA list as they see fit, but if the only instruction I have is to follow the ASA equipment approval list, then the Ultimate Distance is not banned.

In other words, I'm not checking with each manufacturer to determine all of the aliases and obsolete product names and then trying to enforce on that basis.