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That being said, they have also required coaches to wear the hard-shell hats in the coach boxes (or full helmets for player-coaches), but will not make a statement about requiring face masks for infielders at any level (which I think is much more important, personally, but that's just me).
My guess ... and a quick bit of research shows I may be wrong ... is that the helmets are still NOCSAE certified, but face gear (only) is not.
Quickly looking at helmets, and it does NOT appear they are NOCSAE certified, not even the ones that are popping up on umpires.
That's why I am not sure why they are asking about face masks. Anybody who has been to a softball game at any level knows face masks are common.