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Originally posted by M&M Guy
I've been wondering why the committee would impose such a restriction, even penalizing uniform replacements. I can see the taunting or disrespect issues of pulling off the shirt, but why penalize a simple changing of the shirt? Since I've been enlightened by a few volleyball people about their shirt issues, I just wonder if it somehow has to do with equality. People (fans?) complained about girls changing their shirts, so now it carries over to basketball. But, of course, the committee can't limit the penalty to girls only, so they applied to boys as well. Any other thoughts, enlightenments, bright ideas?
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Someone pointed out to me that if it's only for disrespect, then we have to try to read intent. It might be obvious sometimes, but may not always be. A player could pretend it was just for blood in order to get away with disrespect, and a player could really be changing for blood, but have a sour look on their face. Personally, I think these are less problematic for a good ref to handle than trying to require that the player step away from the visual confines of the playing area. For me it's going to be good enough to step to the side of the bleachers and turn their back, or have someone stand behind them. But I'm waiting to hear what my assignor says. That's my motto in any gray area of the rules: What Would Howard Do? Hey, I like that... maybe I'll make tiny decals that I could stick onto the sides of my whistles, WWHD....