Dispatches
When something in the sport changes, a rule, a scholarship, a new league, we write up what happened and what it means for your family, in plain language, with the sources linked.
The five-year, age-based eligibility window now governs both Division I and Division II. The triggers, the transition rules, the three exceptions, and the new family math on gap years and juco starts.
Read the dispatch →The player who runs her own recruitment gets recruited. The asymmetry, the new money, the five jobs, the screen, and what an honest club owes.
Read the dispatch →Pitchers can wear an earpiece starting in 2027. The four NFHS changes, what stays banned, and the school-versus-travel device gap.
Read the dispatch →The questions families ask about travel softball: cost, coaches, daddy ball, scholarships, why kids quit, and what matters most. Plain terms, sources at the foot.
Read the dispatch →The cost, the dropout truth, the recruiting math, the money moving in, and the moment. Where the game stands, told straight.
Read the dispatch →Development, playing time, a steady environment, an honest road. What the national research keeps finding, and the one question underneath it.
Read the dispatch →A five-year window, up to five seasons, starting when a player enrolls in college or the year she turns 19. A windfall for current players, a squeeze on incoming freshmen, and new math on holding a younger kid back.
Read the dispatch →Scholarships, roster caps, and the transfer portal, in plain terms, and what they mean when your daughter is years away from a college roster.
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