Shirt tucked in

[Ed Maeder]

I guess what I am saying is the rule doesn't apply to pre-game warm-ups or bench personal. As stated (3-4-15) " A team jersey designed to be worn inside the pants/skirt shall be tucked inside the pants/skirt and the pants/skirt shall be above the hips and worn properly." It doesn't say when or where, but if a team member is representing a school I feel that it is appropriate for them to look and act respectfully. Would you let a team member wear their shorts with the waist down below their butt cheeks during warm-ups, or wear gold chains, rings, watches, ball caps, hair ribbons, multiple colored sweatbands, full length tights, and other such things? The uniform and how it is worn is again a Point Of Emphasis again this year, I feel that the pregame is a great time to emphasize the proper wearing of the uniform. As far as bench personnel, unless they are drawing undo attention to themselves I'm busy officiating a game. If they take the jersey off in the bench area and we see that then that is another story, for another thread.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Ed Maeder

As stated (3-4-15) " A team jersey designed to be worn inside the pants/skirt shall be tucked inside the pants/skirt and the pants/skirt shall be above the hips and worn properly."

1) Would you let a team member wear their shorts with the waist down below their butt cheeks during warm-ups

2) or wear gold chains, rings, watches, ball caps, hair ribbons, multiple colored sweatbands, full length tights, and other such things?

1) That's covered under UNIFORMS- rule 3-4-15 also. To be consistent, I would say that you would have to call it exactly the same as the "shirt-tuck" rule. And, again, if you are consistent, shouldn't both be called the whole game, including pre-game, on the bench, intermissions, etc.?

2) There's a completely different rule and philosophy covering these items. They are covered under EQUIPMENT, APPAREL in rule 3-5, and are banned completely. The items in 3-4-15 aren't banned but are supposed to be worn in a certain way. Iow, you're comparing apples vs. oranges rules-wise.