[Ref in PA]

Sorry Coach about the loss. Last night I called a foul on a player and was unsure of his number. He was standing sideways to me and I figured I could reconfirm what I thought his number was as I went towards the table. Well, for what ever reason, I could not get a good look at his jersey and eventually had to go back a step or two to see it clearly. As I think about it, I probably looked like I was staring down the kid to a certain extent when all I was trying to do was reconfirm the number. However, your situation was probably different.

Now about the stud. If I see it, it has to be removed. If someone tells me about it, I will be on the lookout for it, but will not conduct a specific search for it. That is how we have been instructed. Suppose a player has a belly button ring. Someone tells me about it. I make the player lift the shirt (without having seen it) and it is not there ... the player had removed it prior to the game. Now I am in trouble. I can be accused of all sorts of things. I have no problem with someone telling me that V42 has a stud or a ring somewhere not exposed. I will watch, but I cannot do anything until I see. And what is the penalty? The player goes out of the game, removes the adornment and then subs back in at the next available time. It is up to you if pointing it out to a ref is important to you.