New uniform rule

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Why is that a guess? The penalties for illegal uniforms have been around for years. The only thing that has changed is what is legal.

Because we really don't know yet how the NFHS wants the new rule enforced. The Federation may come out with something saying not to penalize each player if more than one individual is breaking the rule, but rather the official should charge one team technical foul. You may recall that this is exactly what they did with the removal of the jersey rule although it is listed as a player technical foul under 10-3.

2005-06 NFHS Basketball Rules Interpretations

SITUATION 4: During the pregame warm-up, the 12 members of Team A are wearing warm-up tops, but not their team jerseys. Approximately one minute prior to the opening jump ball, the 12 Team A members go to the team bench, remove the warm-up tops and put on the team jerseys. RULING: One technical foul is charged to Team A, and it is also charged indirectly to the head coach. COMMENT: In a situation where similar multiple infractions occur at the same time, it is not the intent of the rules to penalize each individual infraction as a separate technical foul. (3-4-15; 10-4-1h)


I would not be surprised to see the same principle adhered to with the white home team jersey rule.