Some random thoughts on the subject based on things I've read ....
* It is not correct that all major conferences publish softball stats. In Northeast Ohio, I am not aware of any that do, though I have no doubt a few may. I know that none of the top 3-4 conferences in the Cleveland area that I followed did this.
* It is true that you need an unbiased and accurate scorekeeper, which can be difficult to find. Even if you do, my experience is that if you publish the stats, that at least half of the parents will still not believe they are unbiased and accurate. If it's a parent or relative or any of the players, they will not believe it no matter how good they are.
* If you issue stats to everyone with everyone's stats, it's not about political correctness exactly ... it's about losing the players (and their parents) who have the worst stats. Either you as a coach or the scorekeeper are going to be blamed.
I agree with this statement^^^^^^. The Northern Ohio schools as a whole are behind Southern and Central Ohio schools when it comes to HS sports league/school websites and video coverage.
Like Coach stated, just because the league has a conference website and publishes the numbers does not mean the numbers are anywhere close to accurate. Look at the (C-MAC in the cincy area).
I will say the GWOC, GMC, GGCL, in SW Ohio and a few other larger conferences does do a good job with posting accurate stats.
In the GMC we had two in the press box during games using the sid stat program (that is outdated but works). The stats were reconciled by "both teams" prior to posting.
Posting was the responsibility of the home team and trust me if you fall behind the other teams in the league will let you know...
The who you play factor also come into play when you talk stats. I know of many HS coaches/players/schools that circle the stat padding game. (Happens all over the state)...
Same thing happens in travel. I have seen ladies that had good stats but really never faced the top teams in state or nationally so, those numbers would be different and do not actually reflect ability vs. top tier competition.