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Legal uniforms?

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Who cares!!!!!

No, but they have a waiver.

People who work state tournaments.

Fashion Police!

(BillyMac will be by with his badge later!)

who cares???? the same guys who care if you wear a lanyard or not...or are those rules it is ok to ignore?

Can you elaborate on this a bit?

The question specifically refers to these school uniforms not complying with specific rules guidelines, where, in the past there have been severe penalties or refs have chosen to look the other way - hence a discussion has ensued.

What does that have to do with lanyards and referee dress codes, probably established locally?

And if you do not care or enforce these rules here, you might not be working much of those at all. ;)

Peace

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Does it really matter whether we care?

Were they using these before a rule change or something? I don't get how the waiver process works.

what makes the uniform illegal? Is it that the school name is above and below the number?

Usually something handled through the state association. Also, usually something that doesn't come up until state tournament time when you have state observers at games and officials working teams they haven't seen all season.

I'm thinking "who cares?" is not the proper answer an official should give if asked by an observer at the game.

they ask the state (IL), and the state issues one. The list of schools with a waiver is on the officials' portion of the ihsa web-site

the stripes. The torso needs to be a single solid color.

It was assumed when the North Lawndale situation happen that this was just a problem in certain schools or maybe areas. Last year there were almost 100 schools that had illegal uniforms and in order not to have a T every game, if a uniform was illegal the IHSA asked officials to file a Special Report if they believed the uniforms were illegal and in many cases schools the schools were given one. Schools do not buy uniforms every year and many are on a cycle of purchases for uniforms every 3 or 4 years so the waiver process changed how games would be played without them.

Peace

In WI this is not the referee's responsibility.

It's not a referee's responsibility to enforce a rule that's in the book?

One is a school issue taken up with the state and doesn't fall under our jurisdiction in WI. Wearing a lanyard is not a rule...but a requirement in the manual...and if you worked without a lanyard properly I wouldn't have an issue at all.

We notify the state and the state takes up the issue with that school. I have not heard about this being an issue in WI.

Gotcha. You made it sound like WI referees didn't care about or are supposed to ignore the uniform rule.

I am guessing most officials can't tell you if the uniforms legal or illegal.

This is why I think this comparison is faulty. We do a lot of things that are never going to be in any manual, but if you want to work you will do them. ;)

Peace

So, you do care. Otherwise why the requirement to report it to the state office?

And in VA a black lanyard or "smitty" is listed as part of the official uniform for the state tournament. Now, I have no idea what effect on an official's state tourney career not having a lanyard would have.

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Okay...I care enough to send off an email! :)

Oh please please please define.."properly " for me!!! how many times have you had the opportunity to tell me in person and never did?? I dont believe rolled up sleves are the proper way to wear warmup jackets either......:)

Actually...
If rolling up your sleeves accents the belt you are wearing... :D

Besides, the sleeves get in the way when you are shooting baskets during intermissions. :D