Greenmonsters
Wannabe Duck Boat Owner
Is there anyone that believes this is NOT a replant?
Wait, this isn't a video clip of the winner of the NCAA triple jump finals?!
Is there anyone that believes this is NOT a replant?
Its not too difficult to enforce. The Blue needs to call it when they see it. Are they not trained high level umpires? Im a low life SB dad and can see an illegal replant.
The idea of the rule was to limit what the pitcher can do with her mechanics. It was designed to keep the competition more level between offense and defense. I dont feel its out dated.
Imo its opening a can o worms to eliminate the rule. Just enforce the rule thats there.
Had a co worker call out my boss one day because he was making rules for rules he already had but didn't enforce so he had to make more new rules.... boss wasnt happy being called out but once he enforced the current rules, he didnt need to make new ones.
To me it seems very simple. Enforce the rules for all across each conference, as they are written.
and shes outside the pitching lane to boot.
Throughout softball history there have been illegal pitchers. However, Barhill, Carlson, and others have taken this to an extreme. They are not pitchers who happen to be illegal. Rather they are illegal by design in order to gain a competitive advantage. It is important to understand this difference. As I have said before comparing a pitcher who happens to be illegal with Barnhill or Carlson is like comparing a jaywalker to a serial killer. Unfortunately some people have character flaws and see nothing wrong with intentionally cheating and working outside the rules. If you do not consistently enforce the rules these type of people will attempt to get away with anything possible and their behavior becomes more and more egregious. It is the old adage of give them an inch and they will take a mile. That is what has happened in college fastpitch softball. I saw Barnhills first start as a Freshman and she was very close to legal. Now embolden by the lack of enforcement her behavior is beyond the pale. She is illegal on every pitch almost daring an umpire to make a call.
IP's are like speeding on the interstate. You do not need to catch every one, just enough to provide an incentive to modify human behavior. If you are actively calling some IP's very few IP's will occur. If you do not call any IP's then it becomes pervasive. If you only called a small percentage of the IP's pitchers would adjust immediately and would compete within the rules. I have no doubt that if at the onset of the SEC tournament umpires started doing their job and enforcing the rules, pitchers like Barhill and Carlson would adjust and there would be very little illegal pitching. Best of all it would level the playing field and restore a small amount of much needed integrity to the game.
remember Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Barry bonds HR chase? Sure, barry beat everyone, but he claimed he "didn't know" what he was taking was steroids.
it's against the rules, but he took them anyway. or should we just legalize steroid use so all athletes will be come superhuman?
do you think that Barnhill, Carlson, Silkwood et. al don't know that they pitch illegally? sure they do, but they do it anyway. no one to stop them. not parents, not coaches, not even blue.
the worst part about it is they're being glorified. that's an example i don't want to pass on to my DD.
Actually [MENTION=9657]FastPitchCat[/MENTION] provides a great analogy. A cheat is a cheat and should never be glorified. If there was as much money at stake as there is in MLB or even College Football there would be all kinds of investigations.