Have you had to be the fashion police?

[LarryS]

Last weekend at a varsity girls tournament one of the home teams has two girls wearing black sweat bands (school colors are black and gold...home uniform is white trimmed in black and gold). I am one of the U's, and since there have been different opinions voiced by officers in our association, I point it out to the R and he says "No way am I asking them to take them off. Not until I am told something specific." I figure the rule book is pretty specific, but can understand his hesitation as the assignor may not want us to be real strict and chose not to make it an issue or start a debate on the court.

I thought about it today and sent an email to the assignment secretary and rules interpreter for our association and now can show my partner something specific...enforce the rule...we have your back.

Has anyone had to ask a player to remove a sweat band that is the wrong color? What reaction did you get from the player and/or coach?

Just curious...

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by LarryS

Has anyone had to ask a player to remove a sweat band that is the wrong color? What reaction did you get from the player and/or coach?

Have done it several times with no reaction at all. At most, just a shrug.

[Smitty]

It's just the opposite around here. If my assignor showed up to my game and I hadn't taken care of sweatbands/undershirts that were illegal, I'd get chewed out for sure. The kids and coaches reactions are irrelevant.

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by Smitty

It's just the opposite around here. If my assignor showed up to my game and I hadn't taken care of sweatbands/undershirts that were illegal, I'd get chewed out for sure. The kids and coaches reactions are irrelevant.

What Smitty said........of course we have the same assignor

I had both in a girls game tonight - one of the home players (white uniforms) had a pink sweat band & two of the visiting players (blue) had white T-shirts. We took care of it right away in warmups.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by TimTaylor

What Smitty said........of course we have the same assignor

I had both in a girls game tonight - one of the home players (white uniforms) had a pink sweat band & two of the visiting players (blue) had white T-shirts. We took care of it right away in warmups.

I would have been in trouble with those pinks bands. I'm color blind and I probably wouldn't even have noticed.

[Ignats75]

Originally Posted by Smitty

It's just the opposite around here. If my assignor showed up to my game and I hadn't taken care of sweatbands/undershirts that were illegal, I'd get chewed out for sure. The kids and coaches reactions are irrelevant.

Thats the same here. They made a huge deal about the sweatbands at the preseason state rules meetings. You better believe we'll enforce them.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Have done it several times with no reaction at all. At most, just a shrug.

Same here.

[Drizzle]

Just the other day I had two boys take off their white undershirts since they were wearing blue jerseys. I was the U and noticed them sitting on the bench, so I just told them to leave the court real fast at take them off. The coach smiled at me and said "I told them not to wear it."

I think the rules clinic they gave us was as specific as can get - I'll enforce it.

[deecee]

The coach smiled at me and said "I told them not to wear it."

wow -- unfortunately this is the lack of discipline I have noticed in the past 5-8 years. If I was that coach those kids would have been told to go home if I had told them to remove and they didnt. there are times and places for kids and coaches to debate and this is not one of them.

[legend]

I'm with you deecee, I also coach Little league baseball and even in practice I am the boss. I had kids show up in shorts and have sent them home to change. As a coach you must be firm and you'll get their respect!


As far as the new rule goes I don't see where we have the option to let them play without being in proper uniform. The new rule is in black and white. I wouldn't bring it up to the "R" just handle it and move on.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by deecee

wow -- unfortunately this is the lack of discipline I have noticed in the past 5-8 years. If I was that coach those kids would have been told to go home if I had told them to remove and they didnt. there are times and places for kids and coaches to debate and this is not one of them.

WOW -- interesting that you take such a strong stance on the discipline of the players listening to their coaches, but continue to advocate not enforcing the coaching box. Shouldn't the coaches be setting the example for the kids in the discipline arena and remain in the proper coaching area?

[cmathews]

Originally Posted by Drizzle

The coach smiled at me and said "I told them not to wear it."

This drives me crazy...I saw a situation last year where a fellow official told a coach about some illegal equipment. The coach said, "can you tell him to take it off, he won't listen to me" I couldn't believe it...If I am the coach and the player won't listen to me, he won't get off the bench .....

[ToGreySt]

Originally Posted by LarryS

Last weekend at a varsity girls tournament one of the home teams has two girls wearing black sweat bands (school colors are black and gold...home uniform is white trimmed in black and gold).

I'm prob missing something here, but can't they wear black sweatbands if one of their school colors is black

joe

[Kostja]

Rules over here do not allow players to wear tights, but knee-high socks and baggy shorts are alright. So how do you find out what a player is wearing when you can't see any skin?!

The guy in the pic had to take off his tights at halftime, since we found out he wore tights only when he tucked his shirt back in and therefore pulled his shorts down first.

Makes you look stupid approaching a player before tip-off, asking what he's wearing underneath his shorts

[Kostja]

That's his buddy, who looked exactly the same during warm-up, but wore socks ...