Jerseys 'tucked in': 2025-26 NCAA Women's Rules Change.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

BillyMac... I'm turning in my Fashion Police Badge

We also need your pistol.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

The discussion on FB was about a sub at the table with an untucked shirt. Official denies the sub because of the untucked shirt.

When I first started officiating, early 2000s, there were a few veterans who would do that in my high school association. Don't see it anymore nowadays. What happens now is that whoever's bringing in the sub will tell the sub "tuck your shirt in" as they're coming in the game.

[Raymond]

I never in my career sought out somebody to see if they tucked their jersey. I officiated the games and if I saw untucked jerseys, I would address it when I had an opportunity to.

If I had a game where it was a continuous problem, every free throw I administered I would tell everybody to tuck their jerseys. I didn't even look to see if they were tucked in at that point.

As a neutral observer at the D1 level, the D3 level, and the high school level, not seeing it is never an acceptable response.

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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

I never in my career sought out somebody to see if they tucked their jersey. I officiated the games and if I saw untucked jerseys, I would address it when I had an opportunity to. If I had a game where it was a continuous problem, every free throw I administered I would tell everybody to tuck their jerseys. I didn't even look to see if they were tucked in at that point.

Well stated.

Pretty much exactly I what do.

If I had trouble expressing such above, that's on me because I'm not an elegant wordsmith.

As Raymond stated, free throws are a good time (never during a live ball clock running situation) to address such problems because almost all the players are within hearing distance.

With the exception of some middle school uniform issues (dark jerseys for home teams, non-matching shorts among players, illegal numbers, duplicate numbers), that we've been locally instructed to ignore, I always enforce, warn, or at least broach, but never ignore.

Even the slippery shiny scrimmage type jerseys (difficult to stay tucked in) I sometimes see in my middle school games are broached during the coaches captains meeting to get everyone on the same page (including first consulting with my partner).

In all sincerity, I believe that I can definitively say that I never totally ignore any fashion issues.

They're either enforced, warned, or at least broached (fat kids are discussed with partner and possibly opposing coach), but never ignored (except for local middle school exceptions as stated by both our local interpreter and game assigner, often discussed in coaches captains meeting).

[SNIPERBBB]

Start of the game make a quick glance around the court as your verifying readiness of partners and tables.


During the course of play, you should notice untucked shirts unless the offending player is never involved in plays on the court. I'll try to make a mental note to look for it again at the next dead ball.


Anything blatant should be caught pretty easily.... Then again I notice beaver chews on a tree 300 yards off the road while going 70 lol

[BillyMac]

I just noticed the title of this thread.

I apologize for taking it in a "high school direction".

I have worked exactly one college game (and exactly one FIBA game) in forty-five years.

I should stay in my lane, not be commenting on college issues, and be minding my own business.