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Reply to "New NFHS Safety Rule for NOCSAE Certified Chest Protectors"

As an umpire and board member in our local association, here's how we'll handle it  unless the state gives us other guidance.

At the plate conference, we'll ask both coaches if their players are properly equipped and all their equipment is legal.

Both coaches will say yes.

We will inquire no further unless our attention is directed to it.

More and more pieces of equipment now require the NOCSAE approval. I wouldn't be surprised if jocks and cups joined the list at some point. Fielding a properly equipped team is the coach's responsibility and we get involved only if circumstances require us to.

If our attention is drawn to it, we would be obliged to enforce the rule as JohnF says above. It's not going to be something we look for. But it is something a responsible high school baseball coach will check--because it is his responsibility, not the umpire's.

 

Last edited by Swampboy
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