Fashion Police . . . with a Vengeance

[johnny d]

I ran XC in high school and my daughter runs now. At every state meet, which in our state includes regionals, sectionals, and the state meet, an official personally comes and inspects what each runner from every team is wearing before the meet starts and gives them approval or tells them what they have to change. It was the same way 25 years ago when I ran in the same meets. The same thing should have happened in this meet. In fact, an official inspected this team and failed to tell them their undershirts were illegal. While the coach of said team should know the rules, this was clearly a failure on the part of the official to warn the team that they were not in compliance with the rule. Since they were not properly warned by the meet official, it is improper and against the rules to disqualify them as well.