Excellent example Bob!

And here I was just thinking, "why punish the visiting team for the home school's intransigence?"

Bob's example is even better.

I totally disagree. I see many coaches that know the rules, only to not tell their players directly what they are not going to play with. They ultimately allow their kids to wear certain things. We just enforce the rule. But they know what they look like in the locker room or what the expectations of the coach is, why are they not telling them what they will not allow and move on? NO, they put it on us to see and in many cases, we do not even know what they have on until right before game time.

Peace

While not a referee, I do spend a lot of time at games of various levels. To reiterate a point mentioned earlier I have never seen a sub-varsity level game have the "fashion" rules applied, even though I have seen it "warned" dozens (even by the same refs at different parts of the season). Girls pre-wrap color is the most comical.

At the Varsity level it really only appears like undershirts are what the refs focused on. I'll be honest though, because those pre-game talks happen a bit further away in a louder environment I can't be sure if they are actually discussing the sleeves/tights/bands as well. I just know I've seen kids sent back off for a t-shirt color, but not for tights/sleeves.

That being said it does appear most teams are getting better at compliance consistency (at the varsity level). Though I did point out to a kid who started cramping up in the 3rd quarter once "It's 75 degrees in here, you're sweating like a pig, and are wearing full arm under armour and full length tights. Maybe not such a good idea?".

Hair Control Device ...
 

We have some top notch varsity officials (state tournament) here that incorrectly treat prewrap around the entire head as a hair control device (no color restrictions), even though they've been told otherwise. Subvarsity officials observe these varsity guys and the hits just keep on coming.