No jewelry allowed?
 

Just wondering if any of you allow officials to wear their wedding bands during the game? What about women officials wearing they're diamonds?

I think a search will find a couple threads on this, including a fairly recent one.

I think this just went around on here.

I do not wear mine, but I know plenty who do. We are far less likely to cause an injury to ourselves or to a player than is a player.

Some assigners don't like it -- so do what your assigner wants.

I'm not married but I wear one during games anyway just so the hot moms and cheerleading supervisors stop hitting on me.

Thread was a couple of weeks ago.

I don't wear mine but others wear theirs. I've found more of the officials don't wear them but we are not mandated against wearing them. It's personal preference.


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That's why I never wear mine. ;)

As I believe I said in the last thread on the subject, I can't recall it ever being discussed or even brought up at any meeting or game.

Only time I've ever heard it talked about is on this site.

Until the late 1980s NFHS Basketball Officials Manual and the CCA Men's and Women's Manuals for NCAA Men's and Women's allowed only wedding rings to be worn. Starting in the late 1980s the CCA Men's and Women's Manuals prohibited the wearing of wedding rings.

MTD, Sr.

Wedding band
 

I take mine off for every game, and clip it to an extra lanyard in my whistle bag. More than 50% of the time I forget to put it back on when getting changed after the game and get home without my band on. Thank goodness my wife trusts me or doesn't notice me coming home late at night without my wedding band on! Since the NCAA has asked us not to wear them, I've taken it off.

Some officials around here feel it is OK to wear a Fitbit on their wrist while officiating. :eek:
Next tihing you know you will see officials wearing Black/While stripe head bands.

I started officiating in 1971 and at the time the only ring I wore was my H.S. ring which I did not wear it while officiating because it was not a wedding ring. When I graduated from college started my wearing my Order of Engineer Ring and wearing my college ring in place of my H.S. ring and like my H.S. ring I did not wear them while officiating because it was not a wedding ring.

I was still single when I graduated from college but when I did get married I did not wear my wedding ring while officiating because if the players could not wear jewelry neither should I. My wife of 34 years has always believed that me not wearing my wedding ring while officiating is the correct thing to do.

MTD, Sr.

The Old Adage ...
 

When in Rome, do what Mrs. Caesar (I think her name was Bernice) would do.

Not allowed here.

I've heard of people who keep one in their pocket and one official had it on his ankle......is it that important? Really?

I clip one to my pant pocket. We aren't allowed to have the wrist Fitbit here.

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