Logo placement

[Sharpshooternes]

First on the shirt: 3-4-2d states it "may be located at the apex/opening of the neckline or above it. Not quite sure how you have a logo above the opening of your shirt as that would be your neck or head. Can someone put this into english on where a mascot can be?

Second, why is there a logo requirement/restriction on compression shorts in 3-5-7 as they cannot extend beyond the uniform pant anyway? Thus no one should be able to see it.

[bob jenkins]

1) It means "above an imaginary line parallel to the ground, through the apex" -- in other words, in the "shoulder area" of the jersey.

2) While play is going on, the compression shorts are sometimes visible -- and so would a logo if it were allowed.

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Second, why is there a logo requirement/restriction on compression shorts in 3-5-7 as they cannot extend beyond the uniform pant anyway? Thus no one should be able to see it.

Also, when the rule first came into being baggy shorts weren't around. We old guys – i.e., folks who worked in the 80s or 90s – remember when compression shorts were first in style. The game shorts were actually shorts as opposed to culottes.

[joelpoli]

Where does it say that compression shorts can not extend beyond the shorts?

Jp

"Second, why is there a logo requirement/restriction on compression shorts in 3-5-7 as they cannot extend beyond the uniform pant anyway? Thus no one should be able to see it."

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by joelpoli

Where does it say that compression shorts can not extend beyond the shorts?

Jp

"Second, why is there a logo requirement/restriction on compression shorts in 3-5-7 as they cannot extend beyond the uniform pant anyway? Thus no one should be able to see it."

NFHS 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.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

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.

So, obviously, for the purpose of length restrictions, leg sleeves aren't undergarments, and tights are undergarments.

[joelpoli]

compression shorts do not fall under the undergarment restrictions. undergarments= anything other than compression shorts.

Legal compression shorts can go below the shorts as long as they are above the knee.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by joelpoli

compression shorts do not fall under the undergarment restrictions. undergarments= anything other than compression shorts.

Legal compression shorts can go below the shorts as long as they are above the knee.

According to who (whom?)? Rule citation please?

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

So, obviously, for the purpose of length restrictions, leg sleeves aren't undergarments, and tights are undergarments.

Leg sleeves are not an undergarment and are legal.

Tights are an undergarmentl.

Originally Posted by joelpoli

compression shorts do not fall under the undergarment restrictions. undergarments= anything other than compression shorts.

Legal compression shorts can go below the shorts as long as they are above the knee.

Welcome the forum.

Wrong newbie. Undergarments are any garment worn under the uniform. Compression shorts are an undergarment and cannot extend below the uniform shorts. It's right there in black and white in 3-5-7.

[ronny mulkey]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

NFHS 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.

Two different sentences and two different topics. It doesn't say that compression shorts are undergarments nor does it say that compression shorts cannot extend below the pants/skirt. There are not a lot requirements on uniform shorts but your "panties" should not be seen. However, your compression shorts can be seen, but we don't want them to extend below the knees.

That second sentence in your rule posted above should be placed somewhere else in the rulebook.

[RookieDude]

I have always thought of compression shorts as undergarments...

But, I see what some of the guys are talking about, with the TWO seperate sentences in the rule.

With player's shorts so long these days...(many times the shorts are below the knees)

Maybe the rule means compression shorts have to be above the knee AND compression shorts (undergarments) cannot extend below the shorts.?????

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RookieDude

I have always thought of compression shorts as undergarments...

But, I see what some of the guys are talking about, with the TWO seperate sentences in the rule.

With player's shorts so long these days...(many times the shorts are below the knees)

Maybe the rule means compression shorts have to be above the knee AND compression shorts (undergarments) cannot extend below the shorts.?????

This is my understanding. Frankly, they're undergarments until someone in authority (either local, IAABO, state, or NFHS) tells me otherwise. They're typically worn as undergarments, and overthinking the sentence structure from the NFHS is never wise, IMO. They're never that precise.

Frankly, I've never had an issue in an actual game with this.