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Originally posted by rockyroad
Reminds me of the old saying "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"...if a person is playing or reffing in an area which uses FIBA rules, you better know the FIBA rules...if not, why should we care what the differences are? I had the opportunity several years ago to ref the Nike World Master's games in Portland, Oregon...it was a blast, and they used international rules for the most part...I worked one game with a guy from Canada and a guy from Australia - interesting to say the least...best part of the whole tournament was reffing the Australian Women's team of 30 and under - they wore those same uniform/tights things their Olympic team wears - made it awful hard to concentrate on the game!!
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Well, I think I will leave the whole FIBA vs USA, etc etc debate alone now. Everyone has their own opinion, and is entitled to it. At the very least, I got some interested (although slightly one-sided, give me some help guys!) debate occurring.
On to uniforms - there was an Under 18's women's team from a suburb of Sydney several years ago that had the bodysuits. In their wisdom the players had chosed to make the tops of the suits out of ventmesh. As an easily excited 16 year old referee at the time, it was AWFUL hard to cocentrate on the game
Halfway through the season, after many complaints by parents, they changed their uniforms - one of the saddest days in my life
