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Originally posted by mick
Being the last player and having a different-style, same numbered jersey (because of number, because of a shade of color, or because of size) can be humiliating enough.
Let us not further humiliate the player by calling a technical foul and by bringing further attention to a difference, or a "sameness" that a player may bring to the game.
Is there an intent to deceive here? Don't think so.
So, now, let us look at the spirit of the rule....
mick
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I was working a tournament earlier this week, which was J.V. boys and J.V. girls (alternating games, seperate brackets). One of the boys only brought his road jersey, and was the only one on the team that did so. Because of this his entire team had to wear their road (red) shorts, and the coach made the offending player borrow a home jersey from one of the J.V. girls. These were the short girls jerseys with the little split at the bottom on the sides that are not made to be tucked in, plus it was in a size to fit a fifteen year-old girl. This caused a duplicate number, but I asked the coach, who said that the other player with that number was not likely to play, and, obviously, never at the same time. The other coach did not have a problem with this, especially since this was the 1-seed v. 8-seed game, but the real point here was that one of the starters, who played most of the game, had to wear this tiny, effeminite jersey. This was only by his own fault, which allows us all to laugh. I refrained from reporting fouls on "white, girls, five zero". I did notice a people taking pictures during the game, maybe he will make the yearbook.
It just goes to show, that when you assume, you have to wear a girls jersey.