Knee pads, braces, etc.

[SWKS]

Originally Posted by OKREF

We have been instructed by our state that the long leg sleeve with a pad in it, is a compression sleeve and must meet the sleeve criteria.

We just got word from HS activities association in Kansas that the compression sleeves with padding covering the knee are knee pads and aren't subject to the rule.

[MD Longhorn]

I promised to bring this up... so I did. Pads vs Sleeves vs in between.

Got the 2 clinicians into an argument and never got an answer. Oh well.

[RookieDude]

Just got the word...(Wa. State)

Treat the sewn in pads as sleeves.

I like it.

[scrounge]

Until I get an official ruling from our state, I'm staying out of this one...if it's got a pad, then it's a pad.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by scrounge

Until I get an official ruling from our state, I'm staying out of this one...if it's got a pad, then it's a pad.

By making that (or the opposite) ruling, you are not "staying out of it."

[billyu2]

Originally Posted by scrounge

Until I get an official ruling from our state, I'm staying out of this one...if it's got a pad, then it's a pad.

Then you need to go to ohsaabasketball.com and read what our Director of Officiating has to say about it.

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by billyu2

Then you need to go to ohsaabasketball.com and read what our Director of Officiating has to say about it.

Well, rats, didn't see the Dec 26 post on them...sleeves they are.

[Ed Maeder]

Guess NFHS will have to be more specific in their language next year when they clean this rule up. Seems every time a change is made they have to clean them up because people always find ways to circumvent the rules.

[CountTheBasket]

Originally Posted by scrounge

Until I get an official ruling from our state, I'm staying out of this one...if it's got a pad, then it's a pad.

At our association meeting last night our rules interpreter actually stated the exact opposite. He said that if it's the old school pad on front, with a nylon/elastic/whatever that material is that wraps around the back of the knee, it's a pad. Anything else is a sleeve, regardless of whether or not it contains a pad. I'm also aware that at this point I think that is solely his interpretation as he didn't mention that ruling coming from the state, or NF.

[JMUplayer]

I see your kneepad and raise you headphones and mp3 players worn by players during warmups. League office in VA (VHSL) says they aren't allowed....

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by CountTheBasket

At our association meeting last night our rules interpreter actually stated the exact opposite. He said that if it's the old school pad on front, with a nylon/elastic/whatever that material is that wraps around the back of the knee, it's a pad. Anything else is a sleeve, regardless of whether or not it contains a pad. I'm also aware that at this point I think that is solely his interpretation as he didn't mention that ruling coming from the state, or NF.

Your interpreter is also my intertpreter. I missed the meeting, but he is the person I emailed. So I'll continue to use that interpretation, as I have been all this season.

[junruh07]

I just got an email from our state basketball head too. It said that it is a sleeve even if it has a pad over the shin area. If it has a pad over the knee area, then it is a knee pad and does not have a color restriction. I can't say that make a whole lot of sense, but that is how I will be enforcing it.