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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
Call me stupid, but until I read the article I didn't connect the yellow bands with jewelry. When I think jewelry I think rings, necklaces, earrings, even bobby pins. You know, metal stuff. If I were a coach, it would have come as a surprise to me too. And if there were so many blatant offenders, it would have been good preventive officiating for one of these officials to have said to a coach or runner, "hey, you know that has to come off, don't you?"
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I do know in all the sports I work, these things are not allowed. They are considered jewelry. It does not have to be metal to be ruled illegal. I know that cross country is not the same thing as the sports I work, but those are the rules.
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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
Really, which of us doesn't routinely give a quick once-over to all ten starters before the jump ball goes up. Correct by rule, but pretty sorry officiating, if you ask me.
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I do. I do not because I want to be over-officious; I want to prevent myself from liability. I know if someone gets cut or gets injured (like a finger) because we could have told them to take it off, I do not want to be held responsible. Those are the rules. It might not make total sense, but those are the rules. And if you are trying to suggest that you would not in a basketball setting or even football for example take action, I hope you have a lot of money to just give to a lawyer for your "negligence." You might disagree, but there is a reason these things are not allowed.
Peace