Tighty Whities ...

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

3-5-7: Compression shorts/tights shall be a single solid color similar to the predominant color of the pants/skirt; the length shall be above the knee. Undergarments shall not extend below the pants/skirt.

May a player "roll up" his tights to make his illegal equipment legal? If so, must he come out of the game and roll them up on the bench

I just had to deal with this last week. As the R for a JV game I took care of the visiting team during warmups by telling one kid to roll them up, then pointed to another and said "You too big fella." There were two more who got the hint that the FA-PO was on patrol and complied when they got my quick grin and a nod. I should have gotten with my partner though, because we had to delay the tip when one of the home team players had to take off his leg compression sleeve thingie. We were all standing around, ready for the tip, looking at the kid and the coach as they tried to slip it over his shoe. The kid was laying on the floor in front of his bench like he was getting a hamstring stretch. I'll bet if there was a hole in the court they both would have jumped in it. This, combined with a lot of fouls in the first half made the varsity officials none too happy about the late start though. (I'm not even sure where to start with the can of worms involved if I tell the coach "Take him off to the side. Let's have someone else start the game." So we waited the 45 seconds or so that felt like ten minutes.)