Short Pants

[chiefgil]

NFHS 1.2.1.e page 17:
Knee pads worn over the knee and under the pants.
Pants which cover the knees and knee pads.

With the young players watching players in the NFL and NCAA wearing shorter pants each year; ie. Marteeen G, from TB whose pants barely cover his upper legs, any shorter he could get a job waiting tables at Hooters. It is becoming a problem at the HS level. I have noticed that the NCAA has not taken a stance on this issue, as yet.

Players pull their pants down just enough to barely cover the knees when they are standing still. As soon as they move to participate the pads are way above the knee. At what point do you disqualify a player for not wearing the equipment correctly?

I disqualified a player in week 4 of the season because of this. My gosh, you would have thought I slapped the coach's mother. I had to endure a tirade from the HC because, as he pointed out numerous times, the player had already participated in 3 games that year. Who was I to tell his player that he could not play?

Finally, I'll get to the question.

How do you handle this?
Is your association strict on this?