I have a question concerning the wear of wristbands. It is a widely accepted practice in the association that I belong that we do not allow players to wear wristbands above the elbow. Often times the players at the start of the game will come out with wristbands worn on their upper arms or biceps, emulating the players in the NBA. As a result, each game I am telling players to pull their wristbands down during the pregame warmups. I have looked in the Federation manual and NCAA rule book and I have yet to fine rule support for this. I brought it up with my rules interpeter of my association, and I have been told that it falls into the category of jewelry. Somehow, that does not sit well with me, because if wristbands were jewlery, then they would not be allowed at all. Could someone chime in and set me straight as to where to find the rule support for this situation.
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Let the kids wear the sweatbands anywhere on their arms. All of these pieces of cloth are not made just for their wrists. Why are you worrying about this?
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It is what it is. I am happy to not be worried about that.:cool: mick |
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I thought you would say "then he better be sweating". |
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Of course, if you want to ignore a plainly written rule because you don't agree with it, hey, be my guest. [Edited by Jurassic Referee on Apr 29th, 2005 at 04:21 PM] |
The only exception I allow to the wristband rule is to let coaches wear them across their mouths.
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Let me stop you right there!!!
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Yer blushing. :) |
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Considering who thinks that would be an insult, most would not be listening to you.
I guess we run in different circles. :D Peace |
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When sweatbands are worn around the neck I thought they became necklaces, and that's not allowed. ;)
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Score: Dan 1, JR 1. |
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There are sweatbands designed to be worn around the bicep. These first came out a few years ago, and were made popular when Ben Wallace started getting attention.
Why does everyone assume these are wristbands pulled up? Regular wristbands are not elastic enough to be pulled over an athlete's bicep, except maybe Reggie Miller. |
I had a player wear one around his calf this year. I allowed it. He said it was a tribute to a relative that had passed away recently.
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I am reading this thread for the first time and I am sorry Rut, but I am going to have to give you the kiss of death. I agree with everything you have said concerning this this thread.
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I took an unofficial poll this weekend. Although, approximatly 40% of the starting line-ups for the teams that I saw this weekend wore wristbands. I found only two players(Reggie and Mike Miller) who wore them on their wrists. That speaks to what I was talking about in my earlier post concerning a widely accepted practice. It is not nearly this bad in the NCAA level, yet. However, I think high schooler's tend to try to emulate the pros, rather than the college kids. |
Remember back when, in the glory days of basketball, when Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen started wearing their shorts a little longer than others? Then they wore the wristbands around the forearm and elbow? There was a little fuss about it then, but after a while it became accepted norm and a lot of players in the NBA followed suit. Then, the NBA followed suit and younger players started to emulate the same fashion statements, and we have arrived at the length of the shorts on a lot of players going below the knee. Not to mention the shorts hanging off the butt to show the 'underwear of the week' fashion. Agmatt, IMHO your association should worry more about that than whether a band is worn on the bicep. I'd rather see a band on the bicep than some kid's drawers!!
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