by fasterpitch92701 » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:41 pm
bradrhod, with all due respect I disagree a bit with the analogy;
"Of course this is bit of a broadening of copyrights. Basically it says you may not be able to sell your Ford car as a Ford because you have installed wider tires."
Not the same. The ASA logo is there for one reason, to declare that the bat has passed and been certified under ASA requirement. Once the bat has been modified it no longer complies. Remove the ASA logo, fine. Still illegal but begs the second lawsuit about altering a product and marketing under the original manufacturers name, be it Easton or RT or whomever.
If you bought a new Ferrari and found out it had a Pinto motor... hey, it sez Ferrari on the outside... but overall, we are likely in violent agreement.
But in the big picture, the real question is why any parent would stoop to this level, teaching their kid to cheat. Personally, I think use of an altered bat needs a 1 year suspension for the player (minimum) and the team gets chucked from the tournament. I wonder what the obliging parent expects of their DD if they go to college and all of a sudden they bat like chopped liver? Sadly, there are slimballs everywhere, including parents. I am overjoyed to hear that ASA is going after those companies modifying bats. And, if a kid gets hurt based on the use of an illegal bat let the lawyers eat them alive. No sympathy for the cheater or the person who modified the bat.