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Old Tue Jan 13, 2009, 08:35am
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Wrong. No jewelry allowed. Shame on the previous officials for allowing it and putting you in this position.

I had a 6th grade girls wreck ball game a few years ago. Girl had tape over her earrings. I told the coach sorry no tape and no jewelry. Parents were right behind the bench saying that she just got her ears pierced the night before and had to leave them in or else the piercings would close. I told them I hate to be the bad guy here, but there's no jewelry allowed. The girl started crying as she pulled them out so she could play, and I felt really bad, but thems is the rules.
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Old Tue Jan 13, 2009, 09:05am
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The girl started crying as she pulled them out so she could play,

CRYING!!!! There's no crying in basketball!!

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Old Tue Jan 13, 2009, 09:40am
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I had a 6th grade girls wreck ball game a few years ago. Girl had tape over her earrings. I told the coach sorry no tape and no jewelry. Parents were right behind the bench saying that she just got her ears pierced the night before and had to leave them in or else the piercings would close. I told them I hate to be the bad guy here, but there's no jewelry allowed. The girl started crying as she pulled them out so she could play, and I felt really bad, but thems is the rules.
Nice story you big meenie. . You made her cry, that just tickles me funny. Part of me likes being the bad guy out there. I never tell them I hate being the bad guy I just relish in it.
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Old Tue Jan 13, 2009, 10:00am
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Helped out by doing a pair of 5/6 grade games last night. Checked over all the players from the turret of the midcourt sideline area prior to the game. No jewelry that I could detect.
Then, midway through the first quarter, I halt play to instruct a player to remove her rings. That's right, rings. Silver. On all four fingers of one hand.
She showed me her hands. They weren't rings. She was wearing glossy SILVER nail polish!
SILVER nail polish! Glimmering under the bright gym lights, they sure looked like rings to me.
Since it was a small gym, everyone was able to hear my reaction and got a good-natured laugh out of the whole brief episode.
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She was wearing glossy silver nail polish!
Was her jersey silver? Did all of her teammates with nail polish have silver nail polish on?
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Old Tue Jan 13, 2009, 10:00am
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ma_ref...

I had the same sitch last weekend in a 6th grade girls game. Girl comes out for tap with band-aids on her ears. I told her I couldn't let her play with jewerly on and the band-aids didn't change anything.

She gave me the whole story about just getting them pierced etc....I told her that she didn't have to take them out but I couldn't let her play with them in.

She goes back to the bench crying and her coach is giving me this "are you serious?!" look and we played on. I noticed she stopped crying about 4 minutes into the game

btw ma_ref...I've probably asked you this before, but my memory is terrible (probably why I think I've never blown a call), what board are you in?
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Regarding newly pierced ears. If the holes close up in 90 minutes, a refund from the practicioner is due.
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Old Tue Jan 13, 2009, 12:12pm
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I had the same sitch last weekend in a 6th grade girls game. Girl comes out for tap with band-aids on her ears. I told her I couldn't let her play with jewerly on and the band-aids didn't change anything.
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Regarding newly pierced ears. If the holes close up in 90 minutes, a refund from the practicioner is due.
I hope nobody here is managing 6th grade games that takes 90 minutes
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Old Tue Jan 13, 2009, 12:16pm
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I hope nobody here is managing 6th grade games that takes 90 minutes
We know that it does not occur in Oregon.
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We know that it does not occur in Oregon.
You're right. I have someone in the stands blow an airhorn at the 60 minute mark.
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Old Tue Jan 13, 2009, 04:48pm
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Regarding newly pierced ears. If the holes close up in 90 minutes, a refund from the practicioner is due.
You must not have daughters. I have two. My girls never had the issue of sports...they got their pierced in the offseason. But, yes, the hole can begin to close up very quickly...not completely...but the outer part of the hole. It is painful to reinsert the earring even after a short time. Each daughter was quite different in how fast their piercings would close over too.
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You must not have daughters. I have two. My girls never had the issue of sports...they got their pierced in the offseason. But, yes, the hole can begin to close up very quickly...not completely...but the outer part of the hole. It is painful to reinsert the earring even after a short time. Each daughter was quite different in how fast their piercings would close over too.
I do. But with AAU it seems like there is never an off-season.
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Old Thu Jan 15, 2009, 07:16am
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Wrong. No jewelry allowed. Shame on the previous officials for allowing it and putting you in this position.

I had a 6th grade girls wreck ball game a few years ago. Girl had tape over her earrings. I told the coach sorry no tape and no jewelry. Parents were right behind the bench saying that she just got her ears pierced the night before and had to leave them in or else the piercings would close. I told them I hate to be the bad guy here, but there's no jewelry allowed. The girl started crying as she pulled them out so she could play, and I felt really bad, but thems is the rules.
If I had a quarter for everytime I heard that one, I could probably buy a large pizza.
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