No Cut Baseball. Does it exist?

At the school district where my son used to go to, they had no cut baseball. But you better be willing to run, run, run and run some more till you puke.

Most kids with no willpower quit after the first few days.

No cut is for T-ball.

In high school, good to find out that you can start on your academic career instead of wasting time with nothing to show for it in the long run.

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Originally posted by BeenthereIL:
No cut is for T-ball.

In high school, good to find out that you can start on your academic career instead of wasting time with nothing to show for it in the long run.

Is it OK to have an academic and athletic career? (just having some fun)

My Nephew's school has a no cut policy. Tryout and you make it.

I often find myself wondering about the underlying policy of "no cut." Is it so that no one should have their feelings hurt? Is it that limited sports budgets should be spread out equally to the entire student body? (My son's high school now has pay to play btw). It seems a slippery slope to me that is not based in the way life actually works. Here are some questions I have:

1) Should we have no cut cheerleading?
2) No cut drama, music auditions or art exhibits? For example, if someone wants to act, sing or display some artwork, should that student be allowed to do so?
3) No cut student government?
4) Should all students who want to attend Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. be allowed to do so - regardless of the underlying merits.
5) Should we even bother keeping score at the games?
6) In the interest of fairness, safety, and promotion of physical fitness, do not intramural sports and physical education classes meet these needs?
7) On the other hand, if the kid is willing to pay to participate and understands the playing guidelines, what does it hurt to give them a uniform and let them dress for games

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On the other hand, if the kid is willing to pay to participate and understands the playing guidelines, what does it hurt to give them a uniform and let them dress for games

Think about what you've written, dad, if 85 kids come out for baseball and they make the team, what do you do with dugouts, buses, bats, balls, nets....How do you manage a group of kids that have no chance of playing?

Beenthere - you are singing to the choir - that is why I put the noidea expression up there. I am merely asking the question.

It seems many want to pick on sports for some reason and leave other areas alone. To keep illustrating absurdity, many schools who have allowed girls to participate in boys sports are now finding that boys are trying out for girls sports and in some cases, playing more than the girls they displaced - is that what we want in this country?

agree with Clev Dad

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On the other hand, if the kid is willing to pay to participate and understands the playing guidelines, what does it hurt to give them a uniform and let them dress for games

lighten up, BT

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what do you do with dugouts, buses, bats, balls, nets....How do you manage a group of kids that have no chance of playing?

waay to harsh a view . . . . if the school buys into it then so be it



there are plenty of charts & stats - foul balls to get chased - get some to valet park cars
rakes & other grounds keeping tools are cheap & easy to teach -
someone has to water the IF -
there is always a need for bullpen catchers -
dugouts will be spotless, balls picked up etc
there is mowing & painting to be done - if all can't be in the dugout, some can sell 50-50 (they do it on the Cape)
some can sell popcorn & dogs

Chair...

You are likely correct.

However, I'm into "stop faking high school kids out" and let them get onto other things as quickly as they can!!!

BBCoach...

Not a problem. I'm probably hyper-sensitive about the subject because I can actually remember in my sons' younger years (elementary) parents actually saying kids shouldn't be playing then because of their ability!

BT, don't be so quick to agree - - I'll reconsider

Chairman, you idiot -
if someone would have long ago cut (ie -dragged him off by his hair)
that "Bode Miller, no account, drunk, olympic(?), scruby, hippie, ski dude"

ALL U.S. athletes & "future athletes" would be better off

BeenthereIL had this to say...

"However, I'm into "stop faking high school kids out" and let them get onto other things as quickly as they can!!!"

"let them get onto other things as quickly as they can"
Are you kidding me? Just because you put some less talanted kids on the freshmen team doesn't mean that you are telling them they are going pro. Chances are that all of the kids in a high school program will not play pro ball. If you are playing baseball just for the oppurtunity to play pro, and not for the love of the game, then something is wrong with you. For most, baseball is supposed to be fun, not a career opportunity. Why not let everybody in on the fun?

I am all for no cut baseball up until 12 years of age--after than it is time for separation to begin

bplr, with due respect - if it's fun they're after, there is slo pitch softball, xbox, and girls

At the small school my son attends by the time you get to varsity age only the ones that pretty much know they are on the team even come to tryouts. I think there was 1 cut last year and 2 the year before. On the other hand I had a good friend that coached a prominent public school (won the state when he was there) that had 184 kids try out. Heck he cut a team that beats most of the schools in the area. Told me it broke his heart to cut some of them as they were true players, but he could only keep so many. One thing I really liked about him, he told them on the first day if they couldn't bunt don't buy cleats.