ASA Proposed 2011 Code Changes - Briefly

[IRISHMAFIA]

PA absorb the Metro Philadelphia association

Move PA to Region 2, Midatlantic.
Reasoning: “Pa teams have more in common with NJ and NY teams and not as far to travel”. That applies ONLY to the 10% of the teams located in communities along the Delaware Valley.

Rule changes every even year only
Reasoning: Save on paying for rule book printing. Also, “There is still an emergency rule change procedure.” This is true, but the question should be asked how up to date is there distribution list (I still get council paperwork and I haven’t had a vote for two years) and the percentage of responses they receive to these requests.

Load of JO/College player issues, but one interesting change proposal. Replace Women’s 23Under FP with Women’s 18Over FP. Let me see, wouldn’t that be the same as the Women’s division?

Change classification in JO for every age group
That means an 18U, 17U, 16U, etc. I could be wrong, but it seems to me this would break-up established core teams. Same number of players, fewer teams for tournaments that will cost more to run. Makes no sense.

Establish a Pixie 8U Coach Pitch division (think that would actually be a classification) of play.
Reasoning: This has become a very competitive level of play.

Establish a CoEd E/Rec classification using 14” & 12” balls for the male and female, players respectively. Personally, that may not be a bad idea for all CoEd.