fastpitchinfo wrote:A player returning to the 14U Age Division
must have been registered with the league before April 1 of the current year.
These girls were registered with the league on May 5th.
As per ASA rules...
High school players who are age eligible to participate in 14U division, must be registered within the league by April 1st of the current season in order to do so. These players must also play a minimum of seven (7) league games prior to being selected to the All-Star team.
If May 5th was the date they were registered...they are not eligible. This rule was put into place trying to help the leagues that were not getting enough interest at the 14u level. However, IMO, it is now being abused because you now have HS players bumping players that have played the entire year at the rec level. One local rec league had just shy of 20 applicants for the 14u all star team...end result was that 2 of the spots went to HS players (both JV). One must wonder why JV HS players would want (or need?) to come back to rec for all-stars anyways???