National Youth Rights Association

You're tired of college. You're 20. Mom and Dad don't want you to drop out yet and play pro baseball.

Guess what?

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/officia…..out_us.jsp

Major League Scouting Bureau: Tryout camp schedule

Tryout camps are open for all players over 16 years of age. There is no fee. Registration will be done 30 minutes prior to start of camp. All players must bring their own equipment.

IMPORTANT: Each player must sign a liability waiver to participate. If player is under age 21, a parent or legal guardian must also sign the waiver. A waiver can be obtained under the "Liability Waiver" tab below or at tryout camp registration.

warrior93 said:

Is this a spambot?

What is it about this post that would make you think that?

 

SciVille said:

I wish.

Why?

Amy33Amy33 said:

It has an age restriction because everything else has an age restriction and we live in an ageist society. Honestly; Major League Baseball is the least of our problems. We could spend all day pointing at stuff and shouting ageist; and altho it can be a great stress reliever (for me at least ) to shout "THOSE GOD DAM EVIL AGEIST BIGOTS" at everything, Its much more productive and much more helpful to instead of complain about all the age restrictions, come up with an arguement against them, and present your argument to people. Why shouldn't we have an age restriction on Major League Baseball? What type of people would be sympathetic to your arguement? Where can you gather supporters for a protest? Where can you PROTEST THIS $#!% !?

Woah there, the OP isn't calling for any campaign or boycott to protest Major League Baseball. He noticed an ageist policy written out within the MLB guidelines and opted to share it with us. It's by no means a major issue for us to be combating, but it doesn't hurt to give brief mention to small nuisances such as these within the forums. Should NYRA get up and arms about it? No because, like you said, attention is far more needed elsewhere. But no harm is done by a quick glance at tidbits such as this by forum-goers. I rather enjoy being in the loop on these sorts of little things, but even if you don't, I'd certainly hope that these posts do not upset you to the point of anger. The OP is not bringing about any harm to NYRA or the forums by pointing this teeny thing out to us in a post.

Korender said:

Well, for all 19- and 20-year-olds, yes. But 18-year-old high school students (though not 19-year-old high-schoolers in most states) have legal guardians, and these days people usually turn 18 during their senior year, so some 18-year-olds would be able to abide by this policy.

Can you cite your sources where you heard this from?

Major League Baseball has an ageist rule that should be repealed. No one but the person who is participating in the MLB, tryouts or not, should sign a waiver. It would be better if MLB used a state's age of majority. If a person from Maryland or from state with the same age of majority law wanted to join the MLB and is 18, then he should sign the waiver and no one else. The age of majority of the state where the waiver is signed should determine whether a person can sign the waiver without needing a parent or not. Instead of using a state's legitimate and mostly non-discriminatory age of majority law, Misissippi's age of majority is too high, MLB has gone into the habit of age discrimination.

Even though the MLB is a corporation, some companies and corporations have a lot of power. They can rival the power of governments. Some companies determine the minimum age for entering a contest without using the age of majority or other laws as a reason for the rule. I have heard of a contest to win prizes that didn't involve alcohol or related material where the minimum age to enter the contest was 21. That's ageist! Since companies have power in making rules and because corporations have more power, ageism by businesses should be challenged. To best advance youth rights, age discrimination by businesses should be treated similarily as age discrimination by the government.