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Mike,
Under Fed rules, a sweatband is not defined but a wrist band is. They can only be worn no higher on the arm than 3" above the wrist. If a player is wearing bands in other places, the bands are considered uniform adornments and are illegal by rule (I don't have my books but I believe it is in in rule 1 around section 7 or 8). |
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"Could not find any rule reference that prohibits this."
Unlike other areas of the rules, where if something isn't mentioned it's presumed to be legal, equipment has special treatment. Everything a player puts on falls into one of three categories - "Must Have", "May Have" and "Can't Have". As an official, you have to decide what the item is and which of the three catagories it fits into. If you decide it's a wrist band, then it's in the "May Have" list and the player may wear it, but only on his wrist within 3 inches of the wrist as IAUMP mentioned. If it's not a wrist band, what is it? - you have to make a choice. The most likely answer is that it is an adorment and therefore comes under the "Can't Have" category, and the player can not wear it at all. In either case, it can't be worn on the leg. |
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Are we sure that we're actually looking at ordinary sweat bands and not one of the various patella bands (for the knees) or elbow bands that are becoming popular to help support certain types of mild strains of the elbow? Unless you take a close look at these some of them could be easily mistaken for sweat bands.
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I hate playing fashion police. I wish the Fed would make specific statements regarding the legality of each piece of equipment/adornment. Print off the picture, take it to the field, show the coach, and tell them to fix them. (I know we can't do that but wouldn't it be nice?)
It stinks because we are always the bad guys when we tell the kid he can't wear his UA band up around his bicep like they do on TV.
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We had such a picture at our state meeting before the season. The player had bands on his bicep, his leg, and around his neck. The word "illegal" was on the picture with arrows drawn to all three bands. I think it was a Fed picture, but it might have been prepared by the State. |
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