RULE PROPOSAL IRKS EASTON.Byline: Eric Sondheimer Daily News Deputy Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper A feud has broken out between the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Baseball Rules Baseball Rules are the rules for baseball played under three major rules codes, which differ only slightly. The North American professional leagues and many amateur leagues use the Official Baseball Rules, which are published to the public by The Sporting News; U.S. Committee against Van Nuys-based Easton Sports and other manufacturers of aluminum bats. The Rules Committee is recommending an increase in the weight of aluminum bats for college athletes because of safety concerns. ``They can whip them around now like toothpicks,'' said Bill Rowe, chairperson of the Rules Committee. Easton officials, however, insist there is no reason to make changes because NCAA statistics show that college baseball College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. Compared to American football and basketball in the United States, college competition plays a less significant contribution to cultivating is the safest men's collegiate sport and injuries have been decreasing since 1991. The new bat sizes were supposed to take effect for 1998, but next week, the Rules Committee is expected to announce a delay to 1999 because test results have not come in as quickly as hoped, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Rowe, the athletic director of Southwest Missouri State. Whether a delay occurs or not, Rowe said Easton or any other sporting goods company ``doesn't control the rules of the game.'' Under the Rules Committee proposal, college baseball bats could be 32 inches long but had to weigh at least 29-1/2 ounces. Currently, the bats can be 32 inches long and weigh 27 ounces. |
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