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Old Mon Jan 19, 2009, 12:53pm
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Boys Varsity the other night...

Had a home player with white tights (coach actually had medical slip) and this player was wearing two white sweatbands, with nike logo, on each ankle...I guess so it would look like the tops of socks.

Looked kinda funky...but, we let it go.
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Old Mon Jan 19, 2009, 12:59pm
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Had a home player with white tights
This is that one that I'd get rid of immediately. Why are tights illegal? Especially since long pants are perfectly legal. What's the difference between pants (which don't even have to match the jersey!) and tights worn under the shorts?

I'm not ranting, I just truly don't understand. Make them legal, and subject to the same logo and color restrictions as handbands/sweatbands.
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Old Mon Jan 19, 2009, 08:36pm
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Boys Varsity the other night...

Had a home player with white tights (coach actually had medical slip)

A doctor's note does not legalize tights.
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Old Mon Jan 19, 2009, 09:08pm
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Boys Varsity the other night...

Had a home player with white tights (coach actually had medical slip) and this player was wearing two white sweatbands, with nike logo, on each ankle...I guess so it would look like the tops of socks.

Looked kinda funky...but, we let it go.
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A doctor's note does not legalize tights.
Yep, you may not care, but you failed to properly enforce the rule on that one.

3.5.6 SITUATION B: A player, for religious reasons, may not wear shorts.
Would he/she be able to wear tights under the basketball uniform shorts, warmups
or a skirt instead of shorts? RULING: NFHS basketball uniform rules do not
require that the uniform pants be "shorts." However, undergarments or tights may
not be worn which extend below the pants, therefore wearing tights “below the
uniform shorts” would be illegal. The player could wear long pants or a skirt as
the uniform "bottom" and be in compliance. (3-4)
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Old Mon Jan 19, 2009, 09:41pm
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A doctor's note does not legalize tights.
No, but he could take his uniform shorts off and wear the tights as his uniform pants. Unless they had more than one visible manufacturer's logo/trademark/reference. Or the logo/t/r exceeded size requirements.
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Old Mon Jan 19, 2009, 11:17pm
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No, but he could take his uniform shorts off and wear the tights as his uniform pants. Unless they had more than one visible manufacturer's logo/trademark/reference. Or the logo/t/r exceeded size requirements.
Sorry, tights are not pants.
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Old Tue Jan 20, 2009, 07:53am
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Sorry, tights are not pants.
The material and fit of "pants" is defined? I don't think so.

If a girls team played in volleyball style shorts, that would be legal. Why wouldn't the same thing full-length be legal?
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Old Tue Jan 20, 2009, 09:06am
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Sorry, tights are not pants.
Reference, please.

and, FWIW, I agree the rule shuld be changed.

Hmmm -- girls / women sometimes wear "skorts" or "cullottes" (or something like that) -- basically "shorts" with a "skirt" overlay, but all sewn into one article of clothing. So, what if someone make "shants" or "shights"-- a similar article with shorts and pants / tights sewn together. Would that meet the definition of "pants?" I'm not sure why it wouldn't -- and since it would look the same as shorts over tights, the latter should also be allowed.
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Old Tue Jan 20, 2009, 10:50am
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Completely unrelated to socks, but on the note of fashion police, take a look at this picture.

http://mickwhite.org/kvs/2009-photos.../target36.html

This is a fairly big time HS game played yesterday in WA state. Seems to be a few violations here, but they seem to have let it go, which I think is good.
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Old Tue Jan 20, 2009, 11:03am
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Completely unrelated to socks, but on the note of fashion police, take a look at this picture.

http://mickwhite.org/kvs/2009-photos.../target36.html

This is a fairly big time HS game played yesterday in WA state. Seems to be a few violations here, but they seem to have let it go, which I think is good.
Why?
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Old Tue Jan 20, 2009, 11:17am
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I don't see any, except the officials' gray shirts. A girl has a white jersey and black headband, but that's legal. None of her teammates is wearing anything different. There's one girl with white on her wrist and a black headband, but it looks to me like tape. Again, no violation. What am I missing?
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Old Tue Jan 20, 2009, 11:29am
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http://mickwhite.org/kvs/2009-photos.../target36.html

This is a fairly big time HS game played yesterday in WA state. Seems to be a few violations here, but they seem to have let it go, which I think is good.
I am not seeing a violation. 4 Home players in picture 2 with "black" head bands, legal, two with "hair control devises", legal. 3 Visiting players in picture 2 with "black" head bands, legal, 1 with "hair control devise", legal. Everything I see in this picture is legal, no need to ignore anything.
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Old Tue Jan 20, 2009, 11:03am
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Sorry, tights are not pants.
Are pants addressed anywhere other than 3-4-5?
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