[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by Little Jimmy
Speaking Fed. I was wondering how your local associations handle the jewelry issue? This year it was barely mentioned but in the past the question was raised about what to do when you see tape/bandaids on an ear. We were told that we could not ask to see under the tape anymore than we could ask a girl to raise her shirt to see if she had a naval piercing. In other words, if the player said her "ears were sore" because she had to take out studs (yes, I heard this explanation last year) that we were to take her at her word. This is a grey area with my association and I'm wondering how others would handle the appearance of tape covered ears on the field.

I ask this now because I have a game comming up where one player has the sore ear answer every game but I know from parents that the earings are still in.

The NFHS jewelry rule is a uniform one for all of the sports for which it publishes rules. Can you ask to see under the band aid on the player's ear, eye brow, or nose? Yes you can. Should you ask to see under the band aid on the player's ear, eye brow, or nose? Yes you should. It is call due diligence. A band aid over an ear, eye brow, or nose is a red flag that tells every sports official that this player could be hiding jewelry. To ignore such an obvious situation would be considered negligence on the part of the official. Asking to see under the band aid is not analogous to asking to look under a players shirt to check for a navel piercing.