you coachs have any players try to sneak past this safety requirement ?

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I give the young ladies on our team a gummy worm if they reach 1st base, they are a 18u team the girls love it. My DD college coach gives them jelly beans if they reach 3rd base. I HOPE AT THIS AGE THEY CAN HANDLE IT.

Let's hope so. I wouldn't want to be that coach that is now potentially liable for creating a choking hazard...IMO.

 

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Let's hope so. I wouldn't want to be that coach that is now potentially liable for creating a choking hazard...IMO.

Trust me the gummy worm is gone before they leave 1st base, have you seen 18u ladies eat.

 

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In practice most umpires will let belly rings and tongue piercings slide.
Nobody wants to start inspecting young ladies that closely.

 

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In practice most umpires will let belly rings and tongue piercings slide.
Nobody wants to start inspecting young ladies that closely.

Umpires aren't expected to do a full-body search looking for jewelry. No, we are not going to ask players to lift their shirts or open their mouths for inspection. It isn't really a matter of purposely "letting it slide". If it isn't visible, we can't specifically address it.

With respect to high school ball, most of the players should already be aware that they aren't supposed to wear jewelry. The coaches should be aware, too, as they are responsible to ensure that their players are legally and properly equipped. They are told this in preseason meetings and asked to confirm it to the plate umpire before every game.

So, if some kid gets her belly ring ripped out or cracks her teeth on a tongue ring, the plaintiffs attorney can go after the coach and the school board, because the umpire won't be responsible.

 

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well said bret

 

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As a coach I have to decide if I will get in more trouble by having young women stick out their tongues, bare their feet and lift their shirts to inspect them for tongue rings, toe rings and belly rings etc.....or face a horde of lawyers with sticks.

I'm opting for the lawyers with sticks. I'll go after visible jewelry but let the hidden stuff well enough alone. I will have fulfilled a standard of care requirement and should not suffer any further penalty but we are in the 21st century and lawyers are looking for work, so who knows. Where-as a sexual predator charge would be very difficult to defend dealing with these type of inspections.

It should be noted that College does not have the 'remove all jewelry' requirement and some sanctioning bodies have removed it as a rule in Travel Ball