Megaphones ...

[Nevadaref]

There is a more recent interpretation which states that the cheerleaders may use the megaphones to amplify their voices, but may not bang them on the floor to make noise.

[Nevadaref]

You are correct in your ruling that this is not a delay warning and that the head coach does not lose the coaching box privilege for a team technical foul.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

There is a more recent interpretation which states that the cheerleaders may use the megaphones to amplify their voices, but may not bang them on the floor to make noise.

A more recent interpretation than this one? If so, citation please.

2001-02 Annual Interpretation Situation 6: The school-sponsored cheerleaders wish to use megaphones as part of their cheerleading routines from the sidelines. Ruling: The new rule prohibiting artificial noisemakers would not apply to the cheerleaders in this situation. The megaphones would only be legal for the cheerleader’s use, provided they were being used appropriately. (1-18)

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

There is a more recent interpretation which states that the cheerleaders may use the megaphones to amplify their voices, but may not bang them on the floor to make noise.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

A more recent interpretation than this one? If so, citation please.

2001-02 Annual Interpretation Situation 6: The school-sponsored cheerleaders wish to use megaphones as part of their cheerleading routines from the sidelines. Ruling: The new rule prohibiting artificial noisemakers would not apply to the cheerleaders in this situation. The megaphones would only be legal for the cheerleader’s use, provided they were being used appropriately. (1-18)

Did a pretty thorough Forum search and while there has been some "chatter" regarding this (bang megaphones on the floor), actual rulebook, annual interpretations, or casebook citations are absent (other than 2001-02 Annual Interpretation Situation 6 above).

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

2001-02 Annual Interpretation Situation 6: The school-sponsored cheerleaders wish to use megaphones as part of their cheerleading routines from the sidelines. Ruling: The new rule prohibiting artificial noisemakers would not apply to the cheerleaders in this situation. The megaphones would only be legal for the cheerleader’s use, provided they were being used appropriately. (1-18)

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

... cheerleaders may use the megaphones to amplify their voices, but may not bang them on the floor to make noise.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... actual rulebook, annual interpretations, or casebook citations are absent (other than 2001-02 Annual Interpretation Situation 6 above).

Our high school cheerleaders, back in the late 1960s - early 1970s, as part of a few cheer routines, often banged their megaphones against the front face of the front row of bleachers that they sat on.

Seemed appropriate back then.

Fifty years later and in memories hidden in the deep recesses of my mind I can still hear the sound of megaphones banging against the front face of the bleachers.

I wonder if the cheerleaders are still as pretty as I remember them to be?