Glasses

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by jmaellis

Agreed. It would be improper to adopt a rule that prohibited a player from wearing glasses; it's an issue that I can personally appreciate because I couldn't wear contacts.

However, I think that NFHS could, and should, adopt a rule that minimizes the possibility that glasses will come off the face of the player during the game. My personal opinion is that the player should be required to wear rec specs (or similar brand of sport safety glasses); but even if they don't want to go that far, they should at least require a strap or wrap around temples.

While we seem to agree about the big points, I can tell you that the NFHS has no such rules which require any straps or protectors for glasses. Until they decide to put in such a rule, you are just going to have to allow the players to participate with their glasses and deal with it.

The advice that I was given years ago, I can't recall if it was actually from some written source or just verbal, was to stop the game ASAP when a player's glasses get knocked off and are on the floor so that they don't get stepped on and broken.