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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by zebraman
The article says that the coaches were told on at least two occasions that jewelry was not allowed.
The athletes were then told at the starting line that no jewelry was allowed.
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SportsCenter said this morning that the runners were allowed to wear watches, presumably so they could keep track of their pace.
So what's the rationale?
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I guess because the watches serve a purpose and the bands are "just jewelry." ??? I doubt that we're going to get the whole complete story from sound bytes. The point is that it was preventable and forwarned. I don't do cross country (race official? race referee), but it sounds like there was plenty of warning and the coaches/administrators chose to ignore it and then go into blame mode.
Z