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Originally Posted by Tim C
A change to Rule 3-5-3a adjusted the acceptable colors of headbands and wristbands for players. The change now allows players to wear any single, solid school color, not just the predominant color of the jersey. Players will be permitted to wear black, white, beige or a solid school color, provided all participants are wearing the same color.
“The desire is for the team to look uniform in its appearance,” Struckhoff said. “But, the committee wanted a team wearing its home white uniforms to have an option to wear one of the school’s colors.”
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I like this change. It seemed like I was one of the few in my area who enforced the old rule as written, but I still thought it was a bit much when it came to headbands, as a lot of teams would match but would wear a different school color than what they wore on their jerseys.