Southeastern Conference will use video replay review at this year's softball tournament

The SEC was granted permission by the NCAA Softball Rules Committee to use the video replay review system for the conference tournament. The Crew Chief may initiate a review of designated plays at his/her discretion any time during any game. Additionally, each head coach has one challenge to initiate a review, which must be indicated before the next pitch, before the pitcher and all infielders have clearly vacated their normal fielding position and left fair territory, or before the umpires have left the field of play.


The plays that can be reviewed include:

Deciding if a batted ball called fair is fair or foul.

Deciding if a batted ball called a ground rule double or home run is fair or foul.

Deciding if a batted ball called foul that could result in a ground rule double or home run is fair or foul.

Spectator interference.

Deciding scoring plays at home plate inclusive of collisions (illegal and/or malicious slides), obstruction by a defensive player or time plays.

Force/Tag Play Calls: Plays involving all runners acquiring the base before the defensive player's attempt to put the runner out at any base.

Hit-by-Pitch Calls: Those plays for which there is a possibility that a pitched ball touches a batter or her clothing, which shall incorporate a review on whether the batter is inside or outside the batter's box if it is determined upon review that a pitched ball has touched a batter or her clothing.

Placement of Runners: An umpire's placement of all runners (per the rules/case book) after any blocked ball call.

SEC to use video replay review at Softball Tournament