Question about unwritten rule #2341-b

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I walked into the gymnasium to watch a little of the practice. One of the players called out to me, "Hey, Mr. BillyMac, how about taking some shots?" He passed me the ball a couple of times, and I made a few jump shots, in my street clothes.

Yeah - I learned to take my wedding ring off when I did something similar, since I kept banging it on the rim while I was dunking from a standing start.

And if you believe that, I have some oceanfront property in Nebraska I'd like to sell you.

[JRutledge]

It is so good not to have such trivial problems.

Peace

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Until the mid-90's both the NFHS Officials Manual and the CCA Manual (NCAA) allowed officials to wear wedding rings only. In the mid-90's the CCA Manual without comment added the prohibition of wearing wedding rings. I was officiating basketball long before I met my better half so I have never worn my wedding ring even for high school games. But one should not wear a wedding ring while officiating a college game but can wear one while officiating a high school game. Wearing a wedding ring is no big deal as far as I am concerned unless it is some big guady one (and that probably applies only to female officials and I am not trying to be an oinker, just an observation made over my lifetime). As far as the assinger is concerned he is being anal about the wrong things that officials do.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I learned to take my wedding ring off when I did something similar, since I kept banging it on the rim while I was dunking from a standing start.

Actually, the post above wasn't my first bad experience with a wedding ring and basketball. The first summer that I got married, I would often play basketball on an outdoor court with metal chain nets. Once, while going up for a rebound, I was fouled, lost my balance, and got my ring "stuck" in the chain net for a few milliseconds. The ring acted as a knife blade and cut me almost down to the bone, which required several stitches to close.

[M&M Guy]

BillyMac - with all of these incidents regarding your wedding band and injuries, some might consider that a sign...

[Adam]

Some might wonder why he didn't learn after the first time.
Oh, and be careful, Jurassic might tell your wife.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Jurassic might tell your wife.

That alone would be a sign of something.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

That alone would be a sign of something.

You misspelled "the apocalypse."

You're welcome.

[Odd Duck]

Our chapter policy is that, other than our particularly sytlish and flattering uniform, officials are not to wear anything on the floor that a player is not allowed to wear. There was a quick interaction with the President when he brought that policy to the attention of the membership;

Official: "What about a wedding ring?"
Pres: "Can a player wear a wedding ring?"
Official: "No."
Pres (to membership): "Any other questions on this topic?"

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Odd Duck

Our chapter policy is that, other than our particularly sytlish and flattering uniform, officials are not to wear anything on the floor that a player is not allowed to wear. There was a quick interaction with the President when he brought that policy to the attention of the membership;

Official: "What about a wedding ring?"
Pres: "Can a player wear a wedding ring?"
Official: "No."
Pres (to membership): "Any other questions on this topic?"

Official: "Can a player wear a whistle on a lanyard?"
Pres: "?"