Uniform rule--IHSA Clarification

[gordon30307]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Jeff, thanks for the update. I just checked the website this morning and hadn't seen this, so this must've just come out.

I'm glad to see the IHSA change their stance a little. Kurt was the rules interpreter for our meeting just last Thursday, and even then he was still taking the stance that the schools have had 4 years to comply with all the uniform rule changes, and it is still the schools' own fault if they purchased illegal uniforms from a supplier. I can see the logic, but that seems to penalize the kids a great deal (5 T's at the minimum) for something they have no control over. Of course, I still heard the usual grumbling afterwards, "There's no way I'm handing out all those T's to start a game", etc., and that puts the officials who want to call it correctly on the spot. This way, the IHSA can deal directly with the schools on this subject, and we can deal with the game of basketball.

They have had four years to comply. Seems enough time to me to make the transgression. BTW I wouldn't be happy if I had the team the following night show up in illeagle uniforms and I applied the penalty we are instructed to apply And I got the the famous excuse. We wore these last night and we didn't start with 5 Tees. Don't do that to the crew that follows you. The Rules Interp. that I was at spent a lot of time going over uniforms. Obviously it's something the powers that be want enforced. If the penalty is 5 Tees you got to do it.