Fashion Police -- Only watch above the Socks

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by bball_lurker

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

Seems to be a few violations here,

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?

[Scratch85]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

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?

I'm with scrapper. I don't see any violations.

[bball_lurker]

Oh, I thought away had to wear black headbands and home white. Is that not true? Looks like they're all wearing black.
Edit: The last varsity home game I watched, one girl had to remove a black headband in the middle of a game.

[Scratch85]

Originally Posted by bball_lurker

Oh, I thought away had to wear black headbands and home white. Is that not true? Looks like they're all wearing black.
Edit: The last varsity home game I watched, one girl had to remove a black headband in the middle of a game.

Choices for either team are; black, white, beige or a single solid color similar to the torso of the jersey. A teams headbands must be uniform in color.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by bball_lurker

Oh, I thought away had to wear black headbands and home white. Is that not true?

Without trying to be too critical, I'd say that it's better to post a question thant to claim that the officials made a "mistake", say it was good that they ignored a rule, then show that you don't know the rule in the first place.

[bball_lurker]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Without trying to be too critical, I'd say that it's better to post a question thant to claim that the officials made a "mistake", say it was good that they ignored a rule, then show that you don't know the rule in the first place.

I was wrong, my bad! The rule has been enforced a little haphazardly and I made a assumption. As I said, in a VG game last week, a home player was made to remove a black headband, in the middle of a game.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

What am I missing?

As I reviewed the series of photos I saw the white team with both gray AND black headbands/hair restraints.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by grunewar

As I reviewed the series of photos I saw the white team with both gray AND black headbands/hair restraints.

I would be willing to bet the "gray" you see is actually black prewrap that's stretched out. I've seen that quite a bit, and no one that I know has ever diferentiated between shades of a color.

[ref2coach]

Originally Posted by grunewar

As I reviewed the series of photos I saw the white team with both gray AND black headbands/hair restraints.

These are two different items by rule. "Headbands" have color requirements. "Hair Control devises" do not.

[Scratch85]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Sorry, tights are not pants.

Originally Posted by Scratch85

Are pants addressed anywhere other than 3-4-5?

Are you sure tights can't be worn as pants? I agree it would look "way wrong", but I can't find a rule prohibiting it.

I remember a thread (NFHS) about this exact situation. I believe they allowed it.

[All_Heart]

One way to get around this......I'm color blind

[ranjo]

One reason I decided it was a good thing to enforce the uniform rules is that a lot of teams from my area make it to regional and state play-offs in the post season. At that level, you can bet the officials are going to pay attention to the little stuff. Better to iron out the uniform/headband/hair control things before post-season play.

My wife who coaches basketball, track, and X-country told me about a runner (not hers) who was disqualified at the state level after placing in a race while wearing a small bracelet that she had been permitted to wear at lower levels of competition.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ranjo

My wife who coaches basketball, track, and X-country told me about a runner who was disqualified at the state level after placing in a race while wearing a small bracelet that she had been permitted to wear at lower levels of competition.

We had a first place runner disqualified in a state open track sprint final last year for an illegal uniform. I mostly blame the coach, who should have known the rules, maybe the runner, if he knew, and chose to ignore the rules, and some blame must go to any officials who may have "passed" on this during the regular track season, and sectional meets.

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by grunewar

As I reviewed the series of photos I saw the white team with both gray AND black headbands/hair restraints.

The challenge with black/gray is that in many cases, when they are compressed, they are black, but when they are stretched out, they fade to gray.

As an expert in the field of headbandology, I believe that these head bands are legal.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

As an expert in the field of headbandology, I believe that these head bands are legal.

Could be. I gots to get me a better monitor - although others have told me I need a new set of eyes.