Jewelry rule causes yelling

[JRutledge]

Let us stop this myth right now. It is not impossible to remove earrings or studs that were used to pierce your ear. I had both my ears pierced years ago (before I officiated) and you can take them out for a short period and put them back it. It might hurt, but it is possible. And sports are a privilege, not a right. So it is a simple choice.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Let us stop this myth right now. It is not impossible to remove earrings or studs that were used to pierce your ear. I had both my ears pierced years ago (before I officiated) and you can take them out for a short period and put them back it. It might hurt, but it is possible. And sports are a privilege, not a right. So it is a simple choice.

Peace

I asked this very question to a cousin who used to pierce ears at her job. She said the same thing. An hour isn't going to do any damage.

Rut, when I saw your name on this thread, I thought for sure it would be a comment about not working either middle school nor girls ball.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I asked this very question to a cousin who used to pierce ears at her job. She said the same thing. An hour isn't going to do any damage.

Rut, when I saw your name on this thread, I thought for sure it would be a comment about not working either middle school nor girls ball.

Nope. For the record, I see this a lot in high school games with boys that give the same line.

Peace

[offici88]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Let us stop this myth right now. It is not impossible to remove earrings or studs that were used to pierce your ear. I had both my ears pierced years ago (before I officiated) and you can take them out for a short period and put them back it. It might hurt, but it is possible. And sports are a privilege, not a right. So it is a simple choice.

Peace

And I've seen MS and HS JV girls choose to sit out rather than remove the earrings. I've seen it in basketball in the past and JV VB this fall. As a coach, I wouldn't be very please with the choice of a player to sit out a game for earrings.

[Ignats75]

What really pisses me off is when I tell little Julie she has to take her earrings out and the coach says "Don't worry, we'll tape them."

"Uh, Coach. Thats not acceptable. They must be removed."

"Well, the referee last week let us tape them. What, you hate little girls or are you just power mad?" (Ok, I made that last sentence up.)

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

What really pisses me off is when I tell little Julie she has to take her earrings out and the coach says "Don't worry, we'll tape them."
"Uh, Coach. Thats not acceptable. They must be removed."

"Well, the referee last week let us tape them. What, you hate little girls or are you just power mad?" (Ok, I made that last sentence up.)

I prefer to tell them they cannot play with them in.

[Ignats75]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I prefer to tell them they cannot play with them in.

True. And in fact I did tell an irate 6th grade Mom, that her daughter didn't have to take them out, but she didn't have to play either. She got the point.

Are you a lawyer?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

True. And in fact I did tell an irate 6th grade Mom, that her daughter didn't have to take them out, but she didn't have to play either. She got the point.

Are you a lawyer?

Don't need to be a lawyer. It's simply not true that they must take them out. If they don't mind sitting, they can leave them in.

[Ignats75]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Don't need to be a lawyer. It's simply not true that they must take them out. If they don't mind sitting, they can leave them in.

Well, when I am having a conversation with a coach there are certain things that are implied. Such as, the girl is in the layup line in uniform, she intends to play. Well if she does, she has to take the earings out first. I was relaying somthing that actually happened. The coach knew what I was saying. The communication was accomplished. In my case, I wasn't writing a script.

Another Gotcha.

[Mark Padgett]

I still remember the MS boys game a few years ago when one of the players asked me if he had to remove his nipple ring.

[Ignats75]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I still remember the MS boys game a few years ago when one of the players asked me if he had to remove his nipple ring.

One of the things that I don't like to be is the uniform police. But its required and so we do it. But I draw the line at telling some girl her bra is the wrong color.

[tjones1]

I had a situation like this in my very first game.

I noticed a girl had a "cast" of some sort on her finger. I asked if I could inspect it. When I looked at it I noticed it was made of hard plastic. I informed the coach that she could not play with it. Out of nowhere, a Mom from the stands comes storming down and I'm thinking to myself: "Oh boy, here we go... what I wonderful way to start off the season." The Mom brings it to the coach's attention that she should just wrap it with padding. The coach says: "Ok, we'll just wrap it." "Coach, that doesn't work either." She can't play with it at all, padded or not.

Mom told her that it was "ok" to not play with it as they were seeing the Doc the next day - whatever. Everything died down from there and we continued....

Ahhh, what a way to start the season.

[Forksref]

Originally Posted by Ignats75

"Well, the referee last week let us tape them. What, you hate little girls or are you just power mad?" (Ok, I made that last sentence up.)

Both.

But, seriously folks, the coach sets the tone with explaining the rules at the beginning of the season. There should never be any uniform/jewelry issues when the team comes on the floor!

[chseagle]

I had a similar situation last year for a Girls' C-Squad game, only it was metal bobbie pins & butterfly clips in the hair. She went through warmups and nothing was said. It wasn't till she came to the table to sub-in, that I noticed it, buzzed the floor officials about it & they gave the coach a warning about not following uniform rules/regulations.

How I understand the rules/regulations, only prewrap, scrunchies, headbands, or hairbands are to be used for hair control. (nothing metal in the hair).

The player went back to the bench, with the coach complaining she'd been allowed to play like that all season until then. The coach put tape over every piece of exposed metal object that couldn't be removed & she was allowed to played after that.

[chartrusepengui]

I hate that they allowed VB players to wear 2 inch bobby pins this year. I've gotten the look and the whine several times this. I've been told I have not kept up with the rules because this year "you can wear bobby pins in your hair". (like, where else would you wear them?) They know it's the rule now because "the volleyball officials told them it was new and it was ok."