It absolutely hurts the girls. Awhile back I "paid" some legal students to research the subject of the regulations.
Many states don't regulate when softball girls play. Obviously, we see that in the South and West and obviously we see where the GOLD teams are as well.
The legal students felt that if a person ( with a child) was to go into Federal court and sue OHSAA they would win on the regulations as there is no "purpose" to defend why their regulations are in place.
When I called NCAA about my uniform blowout and about giving travel monies for events... NCAA officials called Ohio OHSAA a "dinosaur".
I asked what amount of funds was too high and it was way more than I planned on giving... so I was within their guidelines. But, Ohio has the rules of no money value can be based on placement of the teams.
Easy when it comes to the Uniform Blowout... I have the coaches pick out their uniforms or whatever ( last years winner Doom-Wear ) picked out warm ups. When their final bill came up, I paid the $600.00 on their bill. They paid the final $12.
Where I would love to be able to have a National Qualifier and give " travel monies" to assist in those cost for attending an event... I can't... even though other states do this all the time.
Just seems to me to be unfair to these girls.
But, I can't take them to court as I don't have a child that is being regulated. Thus, in a court of law... the case for me is "moot".
