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Old Sat Jan 03, 2009, 12:21pm
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Originally Posted by BktBallRef View Post
The rule doesn't say it's not a T if you can't see him remove his shirt. It's says it's a T if he does.
I had a player walk out for the jump ball to start a varsity game with black T-shirt under a white jersey. He had worn a jacket during warmups. I told him that he couldn't play with the black T-shirt, and that he couldn't change in the bench area, but I suggested that he could duck behind a six foot high partition dividing the court from an adjoining auxiliary gym, and take it off. He was ready to play in less than fifteen seconds, and ran out to start the game. This brought to mind several overly officious officiating questions:

1) Should I have not allowed him to start the game, and requested a substitute to start the game?
2) For liability purposes, should I have not suggested to him to duck behind the partition?
3) What if there was no partition, and he had to go to the locker room. Would it be any of my business if he went alone, or had an adult with him?
4) If the locker room was the only place to change, should this have influenced my decision to allow the player to start the game, versus getting a substitute in for him?

An inquiring mind wants to know.
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