Pink Headbands...Penalize or not?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by splitveer

I am not sure if the basketball had the NFHS stamp on it. I was just curious as to what others thought of this. I would agree that as long as communication happened before the ball was tossed then everything would be OK. I would also agree that sometimes we need to interpret the rules as advantage/disadvantage when it comes to fashion. LOL...no advantage/disadvantage here. Thanks all for their response. I really appreciate this forum and everything that all of you are contributing.

As bob alluded to, the bands don't have to match their jerseys. Only one of their school colors, and I'm more than willing to consider pink a school color on these cancer awareness nights.

[APG]

Originally Posted by splitveer

I am not sure if the basketball had the NFHS stamp on it. I was just curious as to what others thought of this. I would agree that as long as communication happened before the ball was tossed then everything would be OK. I would also agree that sometimes we need to interpret the rules as advantage/disadvantage when it comes to fashion. LOL...no advantage/disadvantage here. Thanks all for their response. I really appreciate this forum and everything that all of you are contributing.

Not that I like being the fashion police (in fact, it's one of the things I hate doing the most), but there's almost always no advantage gained from any uniform violation save for having all of one team wearing the same color jersey, and having a number visible on the front and back (for the officials/scorer).

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by PG_Ref

In these parts, the state association has instructed us to never allow any color other than the authorized color ball.

Originally Posted by bowlingref

No pink balls in Va.

Agreed here.

[Loudwhistle2]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

As long as they don't bring out the blue balls, I'm not going to get in the way.

Reminded me of last weekends BV game. I'm ready to administer the throwin along the side line, a couple of my friends happen to be sitting right where I am. Kids come out of time out and I yell and point blue ball. But I actually say blue balls but only loud enough for my friends to hear. I keep a straight face, player arrives and we get going. Friends laughing as I head on down the court, sometimes life is really good.

[Scuba_ref]

Originally Posted by Loudwhistle2

Reminded me of last weekends BV game. I'm ready to administer the throwin along the side line, a couple of my friends happen to be sitting right where I am. Kids come out of time out and I yell and point blue ball. But I actually say blue balls but only loud enough for my friends to hear. I keep a straight face, player arrives and we get going. Friends laughing as I head on down the court, sometimes life is really good.

If you can't/don't have fun on the court then it really wouldn't be worth it. Some officials act as though they are attending a funeral and don't or won't even smile. There are a few guys that I really enjoy working with because we have fun while doing something we love.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Scuba_ref

If you can't/don't have fun on the court then it really wouldn't be worth it. Some officials act as though they are attending a funeral and don't or won't even smile. There are a few guys that I really enjoy working with because we have fun while doing something we love.

Everybody has fun in a different way. I tend to get pretty focused on the court or field and when I am dialed in folks often tend to think I'm not having fun because I don't smile much. I enjoy doing it but you're not likely to see me smile. I was the same way when I played.