New ruling!
 

Religious medals may be worn under the uniform this year.

R4-5-6 now states " religious and medical alert medals are not considered jewelry.A religious medal must be taped and worn under the uniform.A medic alert medal must be taped and must be visible".

New CB play 3.5SitA defines it as "religious medals may be worn provided they are taped and worn under the uniform.Necklaces must also be taped and completely under the uniform".

The wedding band could definately be a medical and religious exemption:

If you come home not wearing it (or, even worse, wearing the wrong one), you'll be in need of a funeral!

Re: Re: Re: What is good for them is good for you.
 

Maybe that's when I lost it.
I know I ran outa cool a long time ago.

Re: Re: Re: What is good for them is good for you.
 

Rut: Not too sure about this. We have 3 officials (all over 40) that wear ear studs. They don't wear them in the game though. Personally, I think they look stupid on a guy no matter what his age. Both of my sons had them for about a month or so and gave them up. The younger son's ear lobe got infected -- scared the crap out of him.

OH regulates this for us so we don't have to worry about it.

Wedding bands, religious medals, and medic alert tags only.

Watches are out, unless they are used as a timepiece in the field/court.

I take my band off, it is a bit loose. I can see me pointing in a direction after an OOB, and it flying down court. That would not be easy to explain.

Re: Re: Re: Re: What is good for them is good for you.
 

I got my ears pierced at 17(13 years ago). I was just about to start college and get out of high school. Many of my peers did it and there was not many situations we could not wear them. Now as I am older, have a job, officiting responsiblity, there is not much time to wear them. Do not get me wrong, I would wear them if I could or when I could. I officiate so much and year round, it became a pain in the a$$ to keep taking them out. And I never wanted to buy expensive earrings because of the possiblity of being stolen.

Peace

Okay, here's a twist on this question. What about nail polish on officials (I'm talking females here). Any rules about that? No long nails, just polish. Camron, do you know the policy in the PBOA?

Don't know that I've ever seen or hear of one.

I would hope that if a person were to wear nail polish, it would not be "dramatic".

Official Wearing An Ankle Bracelet!
 

Now, this is a "first" for me so let me just spit this one out. I met up with an assigner and he had invited a few other officials to meet up with him and discuss their availability. When to my surprise one of the officials told me he had just finished doing a game and had rushed over to meet with the assigner. He had taken his referee shirt off and changed his sneakers, but was still wearing his referee game shorts. So I just glimpsed down at him, and to my surprise he was wearing a gold ankle bracelet. I then asked him does he take his ankle bracelet off when he is officiating games?,and he told me no. Now mind you, I had never seen a "man" with an ankle bracelet on in the first place, now to hear that he wears it during his games came as a shock to me. Just wondering is this a new style, or am I missing something here!

I have a fellow softball umpire who wears the ankle bracelet thingie all the time.
I asked him about it and it seems that the anklet was a joke gift from his daughter before some accident that happened.
He wears it religiously and refuses to take it off at all.
It is strange to me but it is a connection to his daughter that is vitally important to him.

Love2--

Are we talking inside the sock, or outside?

Personally, I never got used to spending a lot of time looking inside the socks of my partners.
What are you thinking, Jewel?

Re: Official Wearing An Ankle Bracelet!
 

Hey - I'm not one to disregard a court order, either! :D

Rainmaker, This Was Outside The Sock!
 

Because the weather was still warm, (I assume) this is probably why he was wearing a pair of those tube socks which fall a tad bit below the ankle area. I see where you may be going with this though, if the bracelet is underneath the sock and out of plain view there's no reason to get alarmed.

Re: Rainmaker, This Was Outside The Sock!
 

Yes, that was the point. In the summer, I suppose it would be up to the league. I would think it would be annoying to wear, but on my partner it sure wouldn't take up a lot of my time.


Mick -- you need to take mind-reading lessons!