Had it happen once, three years ago in a BV game. Home team's starting PG had a maroon long sleeved shirt under his white jersey. Told HC the kid couldn't play with the shirt on (didn't see it until we were getting ready for the jump-ball because of the warm-up jersey). Kid starts to take off the jersey at the bench. I tell the HC he can't do that or else it's a T. I tell HC give me a sub and tell the kid to go change in the hallway.

The most annoying part about the scenario was my partner thought the maroon shirt was okay since it was one of the colors in the home team's jersey. Sigh...

And there's the rub. egj13, I feel your pain but if you were 100% sure you were right - and you were - go for it. If the assignor calls and asks - and some might - at least you did your due diligence, especially if the R told you to leave it alone.

BTW, there's an NCAAW coordinator - and, presumably, a crew - who received a call last night from the SRE because officials allowed the following in a D1 game:

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The eyes are everywhere.

For those who do not have the list of acronyms, SRE = secretary rules editor.

SMFH, y'all are some frickin' jinxes.

First HS assignment of season. BJV/BV DH. I'm R for JV game. Both teams wearing wam up tops for lay up line. As I'm getting ready to administer opening tap, U2 holds me up. 2 home team players are wearing black t-shirts. I send them off to change and they remain starters.

Funny thing is that it turns out the JV coach thought the sleeve rule applied to t-shirt sleeves, not to the actual shooting sleeves.

SMFH, y'all are some frickin' jinxes.

Had a JV/Varsity doubleheader tonight. Corrected undershirts of both Varsity teams. Spotted one on the visitors right before the national anthem; coach said thanks for enforcing what he keeps telling this kid. Spotted one on the home team at the first dead ball, made him leave and change. Later in the first half I was near the visiting coach and said "did you see me make them change too?" Coach replied he wanted my number cuz I was an official who followed the rules. :cool:

I don't know why they don't just change the undershirt rule to match the arm sleeve rule. I can't see why and black arm sleeve would really be any different than a black t-shirt.

I agree. I also think that the visiting team should not be allowed to wear white sleeves.

I'd support "if worn, the home team headbands, wristbands, visible undergarments and sleeves must all be white. Those worn by the visiting team must be black or the color of the jersey."

I think they should make the sleeve rule match the undershirt rule.

Common Sense ...
 

A Fashion Police rule that I can live with. Rational, and easy to interpret, explain, teach, and follow.

And beige has to go. I'm sure that the color was included in the rule several years ago due to the fact that it was the most common color for prewrap at the time, but now prewrap comes in all the colors of the rainbow, and more. Plus beige is a stupid color, plain, and boring. And how many teams do you see with beige uniforms? Welcome to Millard Fillmore High School, the home of the Beige Drabs. The color beige doesn't belong in basketball, or any other sport.

Undershirts And Arm Sleeves ...
 

Agree.

I could go with that too.

However, I think the black/white inclusion would probably never be removed because those are the easiest colors to obtain. Jersey colored sleeves just may not be readily available for some colors.

I don't like playing fashion police. At a JV game, Team A (the home team) was wearing warm-ups in their pre-game; at the captains meeting, coaches certified that everyone was legal and properly unformed. As we get ready for the tip, I notice A1 with a white undershirt but A2 with a black undershirt. I quietly ask the visiting coach if he wants me to make an issue of A2, he says no, so we play on. In the JV game before ours, one kid had a camo undershirt.

Let's Play Kick The Can Down The Road ...
 

So you're taking advice from a coach rather than fixing the problem for the next group of officials, officials who do not ignore simple "Fashion Police" rules, that work Team A's future games.

I don't like playing "Fashion Police" either, but I do it. I don't want to be the official that the coach talks about when he says, "but the official at Tuesday night's game let us wear those undershirts."

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Eventually they are going to run into people that do follow the rules. Not doing it yourself just makes the problem worse.

Billy:

I could not have said it better.

MTD, Sr.