A question for the Fashion Police.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

There are only two things worn on the legs....braces and sleeves. If the the item has straps, hinges, bars, etc., it is a brace. ANYTHING else is a sleeve. The presence of pads doesn't change that. They are subject to the color restrictions.

Camron:

I see your point, but knee pads (and elbow pads) go back to the early days of basketball. I am sure that at this point BillyMac can find pictures of some early basketball players wearing knee pads to post in this thread.

It has been years until today that I have seen a player wearing what are just knee pads. I just don't think that Rules Committees considered knee pads from a historical stand point (and why am I not surprised that the Rules Committees every do their due diligence with regard to existing rules interpretations that would still apply today, but I digress).

MTD, Sr.

[JetMetFan]

Just as an FYI...

The following is from the NCAAW Supplemental Apparel Guide:

Sleeves (Rule 1-26.9)
Knee pads (i.e., volleyball-type pads) are considered knee sleeves for the purpose of the rule.

Meaning...
*They must be a solid color
*They may be black, white, beige or the color of the game pants, and
*Teammates must all wear the same color

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

Just as an FYI...

The following is from the NCAAW Supplemental Apparel Guide:



Meaning...
*They must be a solid color
*They may be black, white, beige or the color of the game pants, and
*Teammates must all wear the same color

Finally, a Rules Committee addresses the situation directly. I can live with this.

Thanks JetMan.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Finally, a Rules Committee addresses the situation directly.

That was NCAAW. Now it's time for the NFHS to step up.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

It has been years until today that I have seen a player wearing what are just knee pads.

Last year in a VG game I had a player with the old fashion knee pads. She was a guard.

Late in the first quarter she was guarding her opponent and lunged for the ball as her opponent was dribbling just crossing the division line - and she missed the ball. She fell towards the backcourt and went down on both knees, quickly pivoted, and ran back to cover her opponent.

I thought WOW, a player actually wearing a piece of equipment to prevent injury AND she knew how to use them. Novel.

Now, back to the discussion on tights and sleeves.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Camron:

I see your point, but knee pads (and elbow pads) go back to the early days of basketball. I am sure that at this point BillyMac can find pictures of some early basketball players wearing knee pads to post in this thread.

It has been years until today that I have seen a player wearing what are just knee pads. I just don't think that Rules Committees considered knee pads from a historical stand point (and why am I not surprised that the Rules Committees every do their due diligence with regard to existing rules interpretations that would still apply today, but I digress).

MTD, Sr.

I think they did consider it and decided that they'd (finally) keep it simple rather than having us decipher the undecipherable.