Steel cleats

[Lefty's Dad]

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[thatsafact]

Can you wear steel cleats in middle school softball?

 

THANK GOODNESS!!! NO!!

[thatsafact]

We played a team tonight and one of their players had them on.

 

For the safety of your girls report her and her team. They can not wear them.

[JC#1fan]

For the safety of your girls report her and her team. They can not wear them.

 

Don't know where the information comes from, but TMSSA allows metal cleats in middle school ball starting this year same as high school ball. This is one of the first questions I asked the regional umpire supervisor this year and she said they are allowed same as high school. Middle school baseball has allowed them for years and it has migrated to softball. This is one of the worst decissions that TSSAA has made in years (referance the other metal cleat post on this forum). Adding metal cleats which are dangerous while not requiring other safety issues is ridiculous (double first base, break away bases, required face and heart protection for pitchers and the "hot" corners, etc.). Unfortunately though, there is nothing to report on the athlete that is wearing them because they are now legal.

[ISTHATRIGHT]

We played a team tonight and one of their players had them on.

 

Middle school goes by the same rules as high school and I know who you are talking about checked on it before she ever put them on. Plus I wish everybody would quit crying about the steel cleats and just play ball. /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

[DSOFTBALLCOACH23]

Note that TSSAA did not approve steel cleats, actually they were opposed to it, but the NFHS allowed it and TSSAA is not allowed to superced their ruling

[sportsgirl42]

Middle school goes by the same rules as high school and I know who you are talking about checked on it before she ever put them on. Plus I wish everybody would quit crying about the steel cleats and just play ball. /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

 

 

 

Thank you, if you all have a problem with it take it up with TSSAA don't complain about it on here /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

[JC#1fan]

Note that TSSAA did not approve steel cleats, actually they were opposed to it, but the NFHS allowed it and TSSAA is not allowed to superced their ruling

 

TSSAA did not have to ratify NFHS's ruling, so how where they opposed to it?

[DSOFTBALLCOACH23]

TSSAA did not have to ratify NFHS's ruling, so how where they opposed to it?

 

It was explained as TSSAA had to adhere to the rule since it was from NFHS, they did not come up with the idea to allow the metal cleats they are just following the rules that govern high school softball

[Lefty's Dad]

Middle school goes by the same rules as high school and I know who you are talking about checked on it before she ever put them on. Plus I wish everybody would quit crying about the steel cleats and just play ball. /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

 

I am not complaining or crying that she had them on, if I were I would have complained at the game and I would not do that to her. I was asking for our benefit. I am sorry it was takeing that way.

[JC#1fan]

It was explained as TSSAA had to adhere to the rule since it was from NFHS, they did not come up with the idea to allow the metal cleats they are just following the rules that govern high school softball

 

TSSAA did not "have" to follow this rule. NFHS sets the precidence for rules , but governing bodies for individual states do not have to accept them. In other word NFHS says you can if you want to, but TSSAA said they wanted to. Look at the other post on this forum about steel cleats and the statement set forth by the Maryland governing body.

[catsbackr]

So, what kind of carnage resulted from this young lady wearing the metal cleats?