Fashion Police . . . with a Vengeance

[johnny d]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

How is it against the rules.

Do two wrongs make a right?

The premeet (earlier meets), prestart (this meet), officials certainly played a part in this fiasco, and should take some blame, but the coaches were the most at fault. Coaches should know the rules and should communicate such to their athletes. The postmeet officials that disqualified the athletes were in no way at any fault, they were just doing their job. Why have rules if they're not going to be enforced.

Not two wrongs, only wrong was by the two officials that approved them before the meet started. They did not tell them their uniforms were illegal, therefore, they were not given the warning required by rule. Also, in most states, the only meets that uniforms are looked at or even matter is in the state tournaments. Most meets, especially the small weekday meets, the runners were whatever they feel comfortable running in, and many do not wear their uniforms at all during these meets. I have posted the rule below. In addition, no team has been disqualified from that states postseason for a violation of that rule in over 30 years.

"For the wearing of an illegal uniform, when a violation is observed and noted by a meet official, the competitor shall be required to make the uniform legal before becoming eligible for further competition, and shall be issued a warning that a subsequent violation shall result in a disqualification from the event. The referee shall be notified of the violation by the observing meet official, and the referee shall then notify or cause to be notified the head coach of the offending school of the competitor's violation and warning."