As a youth umpire, I have no issues whatsoever with eliminating collisions at home plate. It’s an easy rule: The runner must slide OR avoid contact or he’s ruled out and ejected (the act of sliding eliminates most of the worst of the contact that is made, so sliding into the catcher is fine). If the catcher is standing on the base line without the ball, well that is ruled obstruction and the runner is awarded home.
As for hard slides at second, when in MLB that’s kinda why they aren’t allowing the “Neighbourhood” play to be reviewed.
As a youth umpire, I have no issues whatsoever with eliminating collisions at home plate. It’s an easy rule: The runner must slide OR avoid contact or he’s ruled out and ejected (the act of sliding eliminates most of the worst of the contact that is made, so sliding into the catcher is fine). If the catcher is standing on the base line without the ball, well that is ruled obstruction and the runner is awarded home.
As for hard slides at second, when in MLB that’s kinda why they aren’t allowing the “Neighbourhood” play to be reviewed.