Player removed jersey before leaving floor

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Agree.

High school player fouls out and takes off his jersey and throws it in frustration directed at an official. Technical foul.

Player is advised in layup line that he can't play with an an illegal undershirt and he quietly and politely goes over to his bench to remove it and in doing so temporarily removes his jersey. My opinion, not the same as above (even if the NFHS says otherwise).

The NFHS made this change sometime around when Brandi Chastain (US Women's Soccer) made SI's cover with a shirt removal. Many in the NFHS world didn't want teenage girls emulating that and/or thought it was improper for girls to be removing their shirts in public even though that were not naked and had a sports bra or similar under it. So, at least partially due to the above, they made it illegal to take the shirt off in the gym even if it wasn't unsportsmanlike. To be equal, the rule was made to apply to boys just the same.