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Not an out in H.S. ball!
NFHS rules call for a team warning then restriction for the next player that deliberately removes helmet.
Now that most teams have a full complement of helmets, and player often have their own, I seldom see helmets come off while running. But when it does happen, I don't see it and am left wondering afterward if the player deliberately knocked it off.
We are too close to runners to see their every action from beginning to end of run. But from the panoramic view of the grandstands it may be easy to see a deliberate removal.
JustMom: there is no loophole, but there also is no rule against the helmet coming off while running. It has to be a deliberate removal, and that has to be seen by the umpire. It is possible that the umpire may have issued a team warning and you would not have been aware of that. And it is possible that a helmet came off after the warning, but if the umpire could not determine a deliberate action he is not going to remove a player from the game.
BTW Where in Michigan?
WMB
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