Concussion Type Headbands ???

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

They announced their ruling by putting the information out on their website (We all have a personal website from the IHSA) and they got the word out with the IHSA Clinicians and Rules Interpreters.

Sounds like you guys really have your act together.

Are all protective headbands illegal in Illinois?



This protective headband (above) looks like it would pass for an ordinary legal headband if worn with a blue uniform jersey (solid color, nonabrasive, unadorned, maximum of 2 inches, one visible logo permitted).

JRutledge: I'm curious. How was the Illinois protective headband restriction worded?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Sounds like you guys really have your act together.

Are all protective headbands illegal in Illinois?



This protective headband (above) looks like it would pass for an ordinary legal headband if worn with a blue uniform jersey (solid color, nonabrasive, unadorned, maximum of 2 inches, one visible logo permitted).

JRutledge: I'm curious. How was the Illinois protective headband restriction worded?

I do not remember and do not care. I do not go around worrying about things that never are used or try to get into the weeds about things that are not an issue in the first place. Never saw the other device that you mentioned, so why would I worry about something else? I am sure someone insisted on using the device and the IHSA ruled on the usage of the device.

Again, there are some people that worry about things and others just do their job that is in front of them.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

... things that never are used.

You probably never see them because they are prohibited in Illinois (why would a parent waste $50.00).

I've seen these ...



... in Connecticut about once, or twice, a year for the past five years, usually in girls games. The first time was in a scrimmage before any ruling was made regarding their legality. I ruled them legal for the scrimmage because we weren't enforcing equipment color restrictions, and it seemed legal under NFHS equipment rules (not dangerous to others, not designed for a player to gain a competitive advantage, not confusing, and, in my opinion at the time, appropriate for basketball).

I have not seen these (although I may have seen them and just believed that they were ordinary headbands) ...

[JRutledge]

I have not seen them because the state outlawed them. Problem solved.

Peace

[bob jenkins]

I would allow the second -- it meets (from the picture) the rule requirements. The first does not (logos, size).

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I have not seen them because the state outlawed them.

If the state outlaws protective headbands, then only outlaws will have protective headbands.

[Nevadaref]

Hey Billy,
Have you seen this?
http://www.nfhs.org/media/1015199/20...headgear-1.pdf

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

http://www.nfhs.org/media/1015199/20...headgear-1.pdf

Nice find Nevadaref.

"However, this equipment may be used to cover lacerations and sutures, if these devices are deemed appropriate within the sport’s playing rules."

Is the NFHS passing the buck, forcing state associations, or individual officials, to deem these devices appropriate (as in 3.5 SITUATION A)?