Yes, Dan, experience is our guide.
The determination of allowance of certain clothing, we can tell from experience, can be made based upon the following guidelines without first having written approval:
If the clothing is similar to what the fans are wearing.
If you are told the clothing is legal and you have a gut feeling it may be.
If the clothing is so strange, it is obvious a kid wouldn't wear it unless he/she had to wear it.
If we have a lingering question, after the game, we can always contact others to see is the item was legal or not.
If it matters to us, we may ask questions, file reports, make phone calls, express our concerns ex post facto.
Yes, Dan, your experience with game management skills shows by allowing the kids to play and not worrying about the paperwork at game time makes the same sense as not checking birth certificates when an opposing coach suggests there is an ineligible player on the other bench.
Good job!
mick
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