[tomegun]

I added the pictures for just this reason; maybe you didn't bother to open them up. There are some who quoted rules to clarify and there are some who made posts that seem so serve no other purpose other than being contrary.
Wade's compression shorts in the pictures are NOT illegal. Clear your mind and understand what he is wearing and what I'm saying. He is wearing legal compression shorts and looong socks. The socks basically meet the compression shorts at the thigh, under his uniform shorts. At first glance, this breaks the rule on tights. Knowing what he is really wearing let me know, and at least a few others, that what he is wearing is NOT illegal. That is why I named the thread what I named it. It seems useless to get hung up on the name of the post. It seems even more useless to attempt to tell me something is illegal when there are pictures to which show it isn't. Talking about this isn't even why I'm here. Look past thread titles and personal agendas and you will see that there is something players can do to achieve the same look that is against the rules. It may never, ever, happen but at least there are some officials who are aware of the possibility. If I were to apply your theory to this situation I would assume you would see someone wearing something that looks like tights and automatically go up and ask them to lift their uniform shorts so you can verify they are tights and not long socks. I raise the BS flag on that. Like most of US, you would tell the player they are wearing something illegal and leave it at that.