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Each state member organization that governs all sports and activities’ rules can be contacted direct to find out whether or not girls are automatically permitted to play Baseball – or require a waiver from the state’s organization to play:

Each state high school association adopting NFHS sports rules is the sole and exclusive source of binding rules interpretations for contests involving its member schools. Any person having questions about the interpretation of NFHS rules should contact the rules interpreter designated by his or her state high school association.

• Click, here, for access to a Google Spreadsheet containing contact info for each NFHS member organization by state – including a baseball-specific Web address, if one exists.

The NFHS is the sole and exclusive source of model interpretations of NFHS rules. State rules interpreters may contact the NFHS for model rules interpretations. No other model rules interpretations should be considered.

Contact the NFHS by postal mail or shipping service such as UPS or FedEx:

Mailing Address:
PO Box 690
Indianapolis, IN 46206

Shipping Address:
NFHS Distribution Center
1802 Alonzo Watford Sr. Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone: (317)972-6900
Fax: (317) 822-5700

To email the NFHS click, here.

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Specific to California:

California Interscholastic Sports Federation:

Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PST

CIF State Office
1320 Harbor Bay Parkway, Suite 140
Alameda, CA 94502

Telephone: 510-521-4447
Fax: 510-521-4449

Email: info@cifstate.org

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Here are Web addresses to legal support organizations that may be able to help you sort through the state-specific issues as well as your US and State Constitutional rights that protect your access to play baseball:

American Civil Liberties Union
California Women’s Law Center
Equal Rights Advocates
Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center
National Women’s Law Center
Public Justice – “America’s Public Interest Law Firm”

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Here are some recent articles about girls who have fought for the right to play baseball on their own high school teams:

From The Free News Press

Girl Files Lawsuit in Order to Play High School Baseball in Indiana – Strike Two!

PUBLIC JUSTICE’S THREAT OF LAWSUIT PROMPTS INDIANA HIGH SCHOOLS TO REVERSE DECISION PREVENTING HIGH SCHOOL GIRL FROM PLAYING BASEBALL