Miken, Ray Demarini and many others have already proven you don’t need players to sell bats. You build the best bat and support your customer is what goes a long way.

Not one player worth his salt buys a bat because someone else endorses or swings it. Those imitation days stop at the very latest shortly after puberty.

The future of the conference will be decided by modifications to its model and softball over all..and right now..who knows if or what those modifications will be.