- September 12th, 2018, 2:29 pm
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I now have time to post more info from the Softball Committee Meeting Minutes:
Areas for Improvement:
Facility Requirements: "some seeded teams still do not have appropriate locker room/team room or restroom facilities available for visiting student-athletes. (this requirement was to have been in place by 2015.) This has become a health-safety issue for student-athletes, and in some cases gamesmanship on the part of host institution.
Starting in 2019, institutions that do not meet requirements, will not be eligible to host the following year, even if they are a seeded team.
Gamesmanship during the NCAA postseason is an issue the NCAA will continue to address with coaches. Major areas to be addressed are, hotels. locker rooms restrooms and treatment of visiting teams.
Why has NCAA continued to allow teams to host when they do not meet requirements ? Requirements were in place for 2015, yet 4 years after the fact, the NCAA still awards host sites to teams that don't meet requirements. I do not know schools involved, but when I get time I will research facilities of each school that hosted this past season.
When a school cannot secure hotels for the 3 visiting teams in a regional, that school should not host.
On a more positive note, softball will use 4 umpires for regional and super regional play starting in 2019.
Habakkuk 2:1-3