Post by Homer Hawks Site Administrator on Dec 8, 2007 11:01:25 GMT -5
Dear Illinois ASA Coach
We need your help!
Recently the New York City Council voted to ban the use of aluminum bats for all high school ball players and now the Illinois Legislature is considering doing the same thing, but worse!
If the recently introduced bill passes no player, 13 years old and under, can use an aluminum bat for practice or during games. Each player will be subject to a $250 fine for the first offense and $500 for a second offense.
At the Illinois ASA, nothing is more important to us than child safety and we can report to you that a ban on aluminum bats is not necessary from a safety perspective. It will harm our game and make it less enjoyable for the millions of children who safely play our game, just as it has been safely played for the past thirty years.
We have joined a coalition of parents, coaches and bat manufacturers to oppose this unnecessary ban. The coalition is named “Don’t Take My Bat Away” and we urge you to join this group. We also ask that you present this information to your players’ parents and ask them to join as well.
A new website, www.dtmba.com serves as the online center for this campaign, providing all of the scientific evidence regarding the safety of aluminum bats, keeping you informed on the campaign’s progress, and providing newcomers with the means to make their voices heard.
Please visit the website: www.dtmba.com and make sure your local political representatives hear your voice by signing the online petition. It is critically important to sign-up to support safety and player choice when it comes to using aluminum bats.
Trust us, if there was a safety-driven reason to ban aluminum bats, we would support it. There isn’t and that’s why we urge you to get involved. We look forward to having you and your team’s parents as a part of the coalition. Thanks so much.
Sincerely,
Don Brewer
Illinois ASA State Commissioner
P.S. Please forward this letter to five friends and ask them to sign up on our website: www.DTMBA.com. Let’s grow our coalition and continue to let coaches and parents make these decisions, not politicians.
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We need your help!
Recently the New York City Council voted to ban the use of aluminum bats for all high school ball players and now the Illinois Legislature is considering doing the same thing, but worse!
If the recently introduced bill passes no player, 13 years old and under, can use an aluminum bat for practice or during games. Each player will be subject to a $250 fine for the first offense and $500 for a second offense.
At the Illinois ASA, nothing is more important to us than child safety and we can report to you that a ban on aluminum bats is not necessary from a safety perspective. It will harm our game and make it less enjoyable for the millions of children who safely play our game, just as it has been safely played for the past thirty years.
We have joined a coalition of parents, coaches and bat manufacturers to oppose this unnecessary ban. The coalition is named “Don’t Take My Bat Away” and we urge you to join this group. We also ask that you present this information to your players’ parents and ask them to join as well.
A new website, www.dtmba.com serves as the online center for this campaign, providing all of the scientific evidence regarding the safety of aluminum bats, keeping you informed on the campaign’s progress, and providing newcomers with the means to make their voices heard.
Please visit the website: www.dtmba.com and make sure your local political representatives hear your voice by signing the online petition. It is critically important to sign-up to support safety and player choice when it comes to using aluminum bats.
Trust us, if there was a safety-driven reason to ban aluminum bats, we would support it. There isn’t and that’s why we urge you to get involved. We look forward to having you and your team’s parents as a part of the coalition. Thanks so much.
Sincerely,
Don Brewer
Illinois ASA State Commissioner
P.S. Please forward this letter to five friends and ask them to sign up on our website: www.DTMBA.com. Let’s grow our coalition and continue to let coaches and parents make these decisions, not politicians.
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