ASA championship vs league rules

[chapmaja]

One thing to remember. ASA rules apply only to ASA championship play. League's may use ASA rules and they may use strict ASA rules (the entire rule book), or they may modify the ASA rules to fit their needs. While ASA Championship play requires a team to forfeit a game when they go short handed due to an ejection, many leagues likely do not.

The modification of ASA rules for league games is a $$$$$$$ issue. If a team starts with 10 players (SP), and one gets ejected, the team has still paid a substantial amount of money, and would lose what they played due to the actions of one idiot. By allowing the team to continue playing, you still allow those who are legally playing to continue playing.

The ASA ruled league I umpire in has modified a bunch of rules (thrown bat, not one of them) to fit the needs to the players in the league. We allow a team (SP, and girls FP) to start with 8 players for example. This is because they paid their money, drove to the facility (often at a substantial distance), and want to play.

The league management has also chosen not to allow stealing (SP), depsite ASA allowing it.

What other modifications have you seen made for league play in leagues that use ASA rules.

This is mainly targeted towards SP, but also girls FP discussions are welcome as well.