Illegal Undershirts Prior to Start of Game

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

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

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

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

Agree.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Adam

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

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.

[LRZ]

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.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by LRZ

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.

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."

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

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."

Billy:

I could not have said it better.

MTD, Sr.

[zm1283]

I have never asked a coach if he was okay with something the other team was doing. Bad habit to get into.

[bainsey]

FWIW, there's a loophole to this rule that's come in handy in middle school contests, where uniforms can be a little big, and upper body skin is sensitive subject matter.

If a player has an illegally colored undershirt, I ask, "Coach, follow me now, is she wearing that t-shirt for religious reasons?" Once the answer is yes, we're off the hook.

I don't do this in a high school game.

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by LRZ

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.

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