Jewlery Rule/Ejection

[ozzy6900]

JV uses FED rules and the reference is FED 3-3-1c

FED 3-3-1 --- A coach, player, substitute attendant or othere bench personel shall not:

Item c - wear jewelry (players participating in the game)

PENALTY: At the end of playing action, the umpire shall issue a warning to the coach of the team involved and the next offender on that team shall be ejected, except for (e), where the coach shall be ejected. In (a), it is also obstruction(8-3-2).

Actually coach, the jewelry policing is your job! If your umpire/s is/are having a proper plate meeting with you and your opposition, one of the responsibilities that gets transferred to you is jewelry (the other is proper equipment - such as cups for male players).

I am not going to say if the umpire was correct or not, I was not there. But now you know the rule (you can look it up for yourself). Basicly, the rule of thumb is if the players can't sign a legal document (age 18) then no jewelry. If you take a few minutes to police this yourself, you will save a lot of hassle later.

[Edited by ozzy6900 on May 2nd, 2002 at 10:51 AM]