This **** isn't hard to understand. Why would USSSA implement a new bat standard to cut down on cheating, then allow you to use the old bats forever. That's wishful thinking not realistic.
I have a lot of USSSA bats, but I will get the new ones, just like most of the people on here bitching and play with the new standard. It happened to an extent in ASA and the sky was falling then too. It wasn't nearly as close to the apocalypse as everyone thought and ASA still seems to be doing pretty well.
Admit it, you know cheaters, you didn't have the balls to police your teammates and friends, and now you have to buy new bats as a result. Will people cheat? Yes. Will they probably find a way to alter these bats? Yes. Will it make the ball come off a little slower, even if it's altered. Probably. Will it make it even more apparent when someone shaves a bat. Yep.
So continue to Boo Hoo, buy the new bats, continue to play USSSA and move on. Remember this new memo also comes with not only a new bat standard, but the idea most major tourneys are going to have compression testing and the bat will get tossed if it is too hot even if it's just because "it's well broken in". Can people still cheat at the smaller tourneys? Yep. Then when they get to the States and Worlds they have to make the decision to swing clean or risk getting busted and banned. It seems like it would be easier to swing clean the whole time, but that probably won't happen.