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We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us (Walt Kelly) ...
As much as I hate to say it, sometimes they are an official.
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Agree. If he ends up being a liar with a ripped ear lobe, then so be it. I did my job by asking about the bandaid, if the player tells me that there's not an earring under the bandaid, then I feel that I have fulfilled my duty as an official. Just my opinion, and the opinion of my local interpreter. As usual, when in Rome, check your local listings.
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Like I said, you go ahead and look the other way. I guess that's how "they" roll down in Houston. |
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Exactly. The day I see someone tell me it is for anything else, then I'll consider the alternative. Until then, bandaids on the ears mean only one thing....the earrings need to come out or they do not play.
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Me: Hey, #21, what's under those bandaids on your ears?
21: Nothing. Just some sores. Me: OK. Let's go double check that with your coach. Me: Coach, your player here tells me there's nothing under his bandaids. No earrings or anything like that. Coach: Come on, Steve. I told you not to try to pull that crap. Take them out right now. OR... Coach: Yeah, he got attacked by the family cat and got both ears clawed up. Problem handled. No peeking where I don't want to peek...and the liability is now squarely on the Coach. |
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I reply to the complaint about the holes closing up in this fashion: "If they close up in the amount of time it takes to play a game, you need to get your money back."
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And yet, it took a page and a half to get to it.
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Doesn't IDon'tKnow play second base. MTD, Sr.
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Ear Lobes Taped If an official notices that a player has her ear lobes taped, the official will ask the player to remove the tape. If an earring is found, that player cannot enter the game until the player removes the earrings. If you believe that tape on any exposed area might be covering jewelry, then ask the player to remove it, to see if it is covering jewelry. As far as boys go, I was taught from the time I started officiating in NYC (20+ years) to check if they had band-aids/tape on their ears, especially in summer leagues since they do it more often. As for how they justify it, not my concern. They give me my certification and this is what they tell me to do, so I do it. It's no big issue for me and I'd just as well not deal with a kid having his/her earlobe ripped in half.
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