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Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes
You take the court with 15 minutes before start time. You immediately notice a kid in a red jersey with a white undershirt. When he ends up in the layup line closest to you, you approach him and tell him that undershirt is illegal, and he needs to return to the locker room to remove it. WIth about 12 and a half minutes still on the clock, he heads over to the bench, removes his jersey, removes the illegal undershirt, replaces the jersey, and continues to warm up. Do you whack him for this?
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Whistles and Stripes: Great question. This is a very real situation that can happen, especialy at the begining of the season, when new kids on a team don't understand the uniform rules.
However, one picky point. I suggest that you word it differently. Tell him that he cannot play with the white undershirt and that if he would like to remove it, he can do so in the locker room under the supervision of an adult. I am never an advocate of telling kids what to do, like remove errings, illegal headbands, etc. That's up to the player and the coach. The part about adult supervision is a little picky, but it's better to be safe than sorry.