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[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Exceptions to not allow long sleeves could include color, frayed edges, unequal length, and/or illegal logos.

Bottom line, as long as I've been officiating, long sleeves on high school jerseys and undershirts have been legal (assuming nothing else is illegal).



JRutledge may be correct. I don't remember it that way, but I've forgotten a lot of things over forty-plus years.

Maybe it (long sleeves) was a case of if it's not illegal, it's legal?

I honestly don't remember the NFHS ever saying anything about long sleeves being illegal.

I did not say that long sleeves themselves were illegal, if you read what I was saying you are talking about something that had a religious expression to it. That can apply to long sleeves if the sleeves do not at all match the jersey. In most situations, I have seen where mostly a girls must cover up her arms and does not go find the color of the jersey to match her sleeves. So the jersey is white and the undershirt and long sleeves are black. Does not fit the current rule and even the old rule as it applies to the color requirement. But if you are doing something for religious or values reasoning, then you can wear them without penalty. And maybe some states have different guidelines for what is acceptable, but in my state, before all these matching stuff mattered and even before the definition of a hair-controlling device was clearly stated, we allowed it when someone did something for religious expression. And if you are that confused about what is allowed, talk to your local people about it, we do not need to go through this incessant debate with yourself about what should be allowed by NF rule. States are there for interpretation for a reason.

Peace