[thumpferee]

Remove player until illegal equipment is removed! Same as untucked shirt (after warning). Player Gotta Go! Need a replacement Coach!

Pre-game:Coach, are your players properly equipped?
Captains: tell your teammates no jewelry!

Case closed!

Officials need to apply the rules so the players and coaches know what the ruling is. I have noticed that some officials will apply the rule, and some will not. IMO we as officials need to get on the same page and apply the rules of the game whether or not it is a youth 5th grade game or a varsity high school game. By making the call with regard to the rules as they were intended not only teaches the players, but to better educate the coaches who are teaching our youth how to play the game by the rules.

Making up rules does not help our youth to become better players and become more knowledgable in the sports in which they participate. And when it comes to youth sports, I feel that is part of our job as officials, is to educate them by administering the rules of the game in which they are intended.