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The dead period is understandable, but the real problem for softball (and baseball, for that matter) is that these sports are stuck with a dead period that's intended for football. The period from late June to early July is set up so that kids have a break right before HS football practice starts. It not only makes no sense for softball and baseball, but it hurts the kids because we've really only got a true 7-8 week summer ball season, and you're forcing coaches to miss 2 of those weeks for no good reason.

Softball dead period ought to be in December or January. If the purpose, like football, is to give the kids a rest before the HS season starts, then there ought to be different dead periods by sport that make more sense.