As officials, we are not the morality police. As one of God's children, we are--but that is a whole nuther argument! The rule that gives us the authority to deal with situations not specifically addressed I believe has to do with the game of basketball. I don't like it anymore than you, but this ol world is spinning faster and faster everyday. It is particularly disturbing since I have a 7 yr old daughter coming up! The bottom line, IMHO, is just that we can't go around checking tattoos. Leave that to mammas, daddys, teachers, coaches, and administrators. If we as officials are not uniformly educated (by the rule book) then our enforcement can be sporadic at best. You experienced this firsthand when told that you were the first one to make him do anything about it. Don't take this too personal, all I'm saying is that you have to pick your battles wisely, the war has already been won. Ok--I'm done preachin!
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