Captains Meeting Question, Part II--Illinois Officials

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Late in the Captains Meeting thread I posted the where in the NFHS Basketball Officials Manual one would find the requirements for the Captains Meeting. Since some States either write their own Officials Manuals or modify the NFHS Manual, I did some looking around the web about State differences.

1a) Since I am registered in Ohio and Michigan, I want to state that Ohio uses the NFHS Manual without any adoptions.

1b) And, Michigan publishes its own Manual (which is actually published by the IllinoisHSA, and is geared toward court coverage more than anything and is really the NFHS Manual with better graffics) and it does not mention Captains Meetings, but my fall back position is the NFHS Manual.

2) Which brings me to the IllinoisHSA uniform requirements for basketball offcials. The NFHS Manual specifies a V-neck shirt; and both the OhioHSAA and MichiganHSAA also specifies a V-neck shirt. And yet the IllinoisHSA specifies that a crew can wear either a V-neck shirt OR a Byron Collar Shirt, . I hope that this is just an old requirement that has never been erased from the books; I hope that some Illinois officials will weigh in on this.

MTD, Sr.