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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by teebob21

... edited for quality only.

Thanks for taking the time to help. I will consider many of your quality edits in my final draft.

I always confuse e.g. and i.e.

See edits at the top of the thread.

[john5396]

BillyMac,

take this for what it is worth, I'm not a Basketball Referee, rather I work Baseball and Volleyball. In volleyball we have a lot of fashion police rules associated with the libero jersey. The reason is the rules provide additional restrictions on the libero and we need to always know where she/he is.

I suggest a short paragraph at the beginning on what benefits consistent enforcement provides your game. Im thinking something like in a fast pace action, having consistent colors identifying each team reduces possibility of miss identifying a foul/violation. Safety implications of non conformaing pads/braces, etc.

Give your readers a reason to enforce the rule more than the book says so.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by john5396

I suggest a short paragraph at the beginning on what benefits consistent enforcement provides your game.

Thanks. I actually decided to put it at the end of the article.

See edits at the top of the thread.

[BillyMac]

I still need some help with this (below):

Originally Posted by BillyMac

There are more legal color options for other equipment items such as headbands, wristbands, arm sleeves, knee sleeves, lower leg sleeves, compression shorts, tights, etc. These equipment items must be the solid color black, white, beige, or the predominant color of the uniform jersey, and the same color for each item, and the same color for all participants.

Is there a better (simpler) way to say the part boldfaced in red (above)? I used 100% rule language here. I know what it means. But I don't like the way it's stated.

[Mark Padgett]

This badge might be appropriate for just about everyone here.

[teebob21]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Thanks for taking the time to help. I will consider many of your quality edits in my final draft.

I always confuse e.g. and i.e.

See edits at the top of the thread.

The revised version is pretty dang good. There are a few typos (sift -> soft) and a couple places where i would remove a comma, but that's looking like a nice article.

Happy to help.