Book It, It's The Fashion Police ...

[JetMetFan]

I actually like the Cowardly Lion

At any rate, I've wondered why some of my brethren don't like dealing with uniform issues. The fact that NFHS - and NCAA - keep emphasizing them every year means the rules makers (i.e., coaches) want these things dealt with.

I had a game last Feb. involving teams I hadn't seen before. The home team wore warmups during the pre-game and as they came on the court for the jump ball I noticed their starting point guard was wearing a maroon undershirt under his white jersey. I told coach he needed to take it off and was met with, "This is ridiculous! We're 18 games into the season and no one has told my kid to take this off before!" My response: "Coach, I can't speak to what anyone else has done but the rule is he can't play with that on." He took it off.

Unfortunately, being the fashion police is part of our job now. Taking care of business may be a pain but I'd rather be a pain for doing what I'm supposed to do. That coach could've complained to my assignor forever but I had the rule book on my side.