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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 03:05pm
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Has anyone seen the new version of the cap that the pros are wearing under their helmet. I went to my game on Friday night and the head coach of one team was asking a question wether they were legal in NF. It seems the week prior the officials made his players remove them when he saw them in the locker room prior to the game. For anyone that hasn't seen them, they look like fishnet with an elastic band around it. They fit tight on the head and are not visible when the helmet is on, and no part sticks out below the helmet. I am curious what other parts of the country are ruling on this.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 03:22pm
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In Kansas, we've been instructed by the state association to not allow them.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 03:24pm
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Why?

Why would you be instructed not to allow them. If they dont stick out under the helmet, why look for trouble?
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 03:26pm
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REPLY: There's nothing in the Federation rules prohibiting their use. NCAA prohibits visible bandanas worn on the field or in the end zones.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 03:33pm
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For anyone that hasn't seen them, they look like fishnet with an elastic band around it. They fit tight on the head and are not visible when the helmet is on, and no part sticks out below the helmet. I am curious what other parts of the country are ruling on this.
What you describe sounds like a hairnet. what is the difference?
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 03:49pm
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I'm not sure of the reasoning. I've been told by people much wiser than myself that it must have something to do with safety. They don't want anything between the head and the helmet.

As for not looking for trouble, if the kids have their helmets on, and you can't see it under their helmet, I'm not going to notice and I'm not going to say or do anything about it.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 04:10pm
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In Tennessee they tell us that the kids are not to have them on, safety issue. We don't look for them, but what if during a timeout on the field the helmets come off and you got a kid with one on? We tell the coaches they can't wear them before game starts in our meeting.

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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 04:53pm
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Safety issue? How are they a danger? That's just nuts. As if we don't have enough to concern ourselves with, quibbling over a head covering is just making problems for ourselves.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 06:50pm
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OK

As long as we can't see them, we don't trouble trouble.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 07:02pm
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Like above, if it can be seen then it has to come off, otherwise we say nothing.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 07:57pm
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Even if I see them, I say nothing. They are not illegal equipment. Play on.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 09:37pm
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In Kansas, we've been instructed by the state association to not allow them.
Same policy hand down by the NCHSAA.

A couple of years ago, we had problems with a school where the players were wearing bandanas as gang colors. Now, all headwear such as this is illegal. It's not a penalty, they're just innstructed to remove it before entering the game.
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Old Mon Oct 20, 2003, 09:50pm
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KY prohibits any bandanas based on proper fit of the helmet.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2003, 12:08pm
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Is there some scientific evidence published somewhere that states that a wearing a bandana causes a helmet to not fit properly?
What about a players hair style, hair thickness, shaved heads? If a paper thin bandana causes problems, so would hair or lack of it.
NF has no problems with this and neither do I.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2003, 09:55pm
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These?

About 6 kids on the team I coach wear them...that's nuts. I make the kids wear black only which eliminates the gang thing. They also aren't allowed to take thier helmets of during the game, so that isn't a problem...but if an official walked in the locker room and made them take them off I wouldn't appreciate it at all.....
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