Just had a game where a team not from our normal area has a Big 10 D1 commit who wears full length leg tights to keep his legs warm under his shorts. We noticed it during warm ups and notified the coach, who then produced a medical excuse. We let him play with them but researched it afterwards:
Rule 3-5-6 NFHS says that compression shorts/tights must be the same solid color as the predominant color of the pants and the length must be above the knee.
Should a medical excuse trump the rule? Our association is contacting the state office for clarification, and the officials I've talked to have mixed opinions. If you let him play with them, he is in violation of the rule; if you make him take them off and he gets a pulled muscle are we legally liable since he had a medical excuse?
Further, his team was home so the tights should have been white - but were actually black. The white tights would have stood out more and made a larger spectical.
Any suggestions?
