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ref18 Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:47pm

I know that the style todays kids are going with is to wear their shorts around their ankles, but i had a game a few weeks ago where a kid came on to the court with his shorts literally around his knees. I told him that in order to play, he must wear his shorts at his waist (i know there's a rule pertaining to this but i can't think of it offhand). I do not believe this was unreasonable, but appearantly he did, and so did his parents. He ended up sitting on the bench for a quarter until he realized that he should pull up his pants, so he could play. After watching a few other officials doing a game where a kid was wearing his shorts extremely low, i'm just wondering if i did the right thing.

What would you have done in this situation???

BktBallRef Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:52pm

I would have told him that he couldn't play unless he pulled his shorts up.

mick Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:02pm

I would have told him that he couldn't play unless he pulled his shorts up.

Ref Daddy Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:05pm


Low shorts and untucked shirts.

Cover it in the PreGame
Warn it then call it.

ref18 Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:06pm

Quote:

Originally posted by Ref Daddy

Low shorts and untucked shirts.

Cover it in the PreGame
Warn it then call it.

What do you mean by warn it??

mick Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:11pm

Quote:

Originally posted by ref18
Quote:

Originally posted by Ref Daddy

Low shorts and untucked shirts.

Cover it in the PreGame
Warn it then call it.

What do you mean by warn it??

"Hey Kid! Pull up them shorts; they ain't s'posed to be <font color = red><B>warn</font></B> down there."

Jurassic Referee Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:12pm

Quote:

Originally posted by ref18
Quote:

Originally posted by Ref Daddy

Low shorts and untucked shirts.

Cover it in the PreGame
Warn it then call it.

What do you mean by warn it??

You tell them to pull up the shorts. If they don't comply, you tell them to hit the bench.

Check out R3-4-15 and casebook play 3.4.15.

rcwilco Mon Jan 12, 2004 02:13am

Shorts down enjoy the bench.
Shorts up join in the game.

PS2Man Mon Jan 12, 2004 02:59am

A simple word can usually solve the problem. Never had this as an issue.

cmathews Mon Jan 12, 2004 09:22am

Quote:

Originally posted by mick
Quote:

Originally posted by ref18
Quote:

Originally posted by Ref Daddy

Low shorts and untucked shirts.

Cover it in the PreGame
Warn it then call it.

What do you mean by warn it??

"Hey Kid! Pull up them shorts; they ain't s'posed to be <font color = red><B>warn</font></B> down there."

gotta love the humor in this place no matter how dry or obscure it is....warning the wearer about where shorts are to be "warn"..... :)


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