Softball Player Forced To Cut Hair Beads ...

[BillyMac]

... not queen, not duke, not prince.

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

... any stuff below the waist won't make one team any more or less likely to be confused with the other team ...

Disagree.

In a utopian world, basketball players would be either be dressed in all dark, or all white. Everything - jerseys, shorts, shoes, socks, equipment, tape, braces, hair control devices, etc. Everything.

Confusion and mistakes will still be made, but they won't be because of confusing colors.

But it's not a utopian world, so compromises are made, and lines are drawn.

My line is that colors above the waist (including arms) are more important than colors below the waist.

If I were the king of basketball, color restrictions would be based on that line of demarcation.

But I'm not the king of basketball, so I (pretty much) do what the NFHS and my local interpreter and assigner tell me to do.

Note: I often wonder why some basketball players wear bright fluorescent shoes. If I were a basketball player, I wouldn't want any extra attention drawn to my feet, or make it any easier for officials to observe my feet. I bet it costs such a player a few extra travels every season, travels that might otherwise be missed.