Knee Pads?

deecee

I'm not against them. I'm against their complete lack of simplicity.

BillyMac

deecee wrote
I'm not against them. I'm against their complete lack of simplicity.

Yes, they aren't the easiest rules in the book to understand, but they're not the hardest rules to understand either. If all coaches would enforce these rules with their players ("This is the color I want all of you to wear for headbands, including prewrap, wristbands, and sleeves: (Insert color). (Insert color) undershirts for home games. (Insert color) undershirt for road games. No jewelry. Period. No exceptions."), and if all officials would enforce these rules in all their games, then I believe that 99% of the problems would go away.

As I stated in my earlier post regarding a Catholic middle school league: If a bunch of rinky dink "tween" age players, with volunteer coaches, can get these rules right, why can't these rules be followed in high school programs?

OKREF

BillyMac wrote
Yes, they aren't the easiest rules in the book to understand, but they're not the hardest rules to understand either. If all coaches would enforce these rules with their players ("This is the color I want all of you to wear for headbands, including prewrap, wristbands, and sleeves: (Insert color). Period."), and if all officials would enforce these rules in all their games, then I believe that 99% of the problems would go away.

As I stated in my earlier post regarding a Catholic middle school league: If a bunch of rinky dink "tween" age players, with volunteer coaches, can get these rules right, why can't these rules be followed in high school programs?

To me the fashion rules are easy, just not enforced very well.

VaTerp

OKREF wrote
To me the fashion rules are easy, just not enforced very well.

This particular fashion rule is not so clear and easy and I've had this conversation multiple times with officials resulting in multiple interpretations.

The rule on sleeves is clear, however the rule does not apply to knee or shin pads. And one can make a valid argument that the hybrid pad/sleeves are in fact pads.

Rich

Rich1 wrote
It doesn't say anything about knee/elbow pads and I never said it did. It DOES say that the sleeves are prohibited unless medically necessary and I stated earlier that in my opinion these are sleeves with pads, not knee pads. Reference the pictures provided if there is confusion about my interpretations. I have no problem with "real" knee pads.

And, for the record, I address this in pregame exactly as jetmetfan suggested and if the coach says they are necessary then I let it go. But I have had a few coaches say "I don't know" so its not always an easy fix.

If you're expected to ask, why not tell the coach, "The correct answer is 'Yes.'" ?

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