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I'm sure that it has been brought up before, but I sure can't figure out why they have the rule that prohibits a travel team from having more than 4 girls from the same school on the team, except for between 6/1 and 7/31. I realize that many of the high-level travel teams get girls from all over the state, and thus don't have this problem, but if you are from an area that has a lot of girls who have the desire and ability to play travel ball together, it just doesn't seem right that they should be prohibited from playing together more than 2 months a year.
I realize that with indoor ball in the fall/winter, a team can have more than 4 members (since OSHAA, at least for now, doesn't consider indoor ball "softball".
It seems like I have heard that some of the reasoning behind this has to do with not wanting a school team to have the ability to work together throughout the year, and thus give them a possible unfair advantage over other teams, but that doesn't really make any sense (since all would have the same advantage).
It also seem like if you were allowed to work together year-round (outside of the actual school season) it would benefit everyone. Including those parents who have to go a great distance for a travel team, just so their daughter can play around the year, and not be hindered by the OSHAA rules.
I am probably missing something key to this whole thing, so I thought I check with you all, and see what the real story is.
I realize that with indoor ball in the fall/winter, a team can have more than 4 members (since OSHAA, at least for now, doesn't consider indoor ball "softball".
It seems like I have heard that some of the reasoning behind this has to do with not wanting a school team to have the ability to work together throughout the year, and thus give them a possible unfair advantage over other teams, but that doesn't really make any sense (since all would have the same advantage).
It also seem like if you were allowed to work together year-round (outside of the actual school season) it would benefit everyone. Including those parents who have to go a great distance for a travel team, just so their daughter can play around the year, and not be hindered by the OSHAA rules.
I am probably missing something key to this whole thing, so I thought I check with you all, and see what the real story is.