football bicep bands

[Careyy]

Rule 1.5.3m (page 25) Uniform adornments. Penalty 15 yards USC (page 26). It would depend on if your state calls BB's adornments.

[tjones1]

I believe this was covered in the rules video.

Illegal.

[JRutledge]

It was covered in the video. It is illegal by rule. It was illegal by IHSA interpretations in the past. It really is that simple.

Peace

[Theisey]

They are not supposed to be legal anywhere, but unfortunately occassionaly ignored in my area by some.
Who knows what some other state office might say about it, but lets not even go there. I'm worn out by all this A11 debate.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Theisey

They are not supposed to be legal anywhere, but unfortunately occassionaly ignored in my area by some.
Who knows what some other state office might say about it, but lets not even go there. I'm worn out by all this A11 debate.

From my point of view, this issue was hotly debated long before I knew what the A-11. At least I might never see the A-11 this year. Chances are we will have to deal with these stupid armbands and have to deal with them on a weekly basis in real football games, not just an internet discussion.

Peace

[FTVMartin]

They can wear wristbands (on their wrists). Nothing else.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by KWH

In our area we merely tell the coaches in the pre-game warmups that the arm bands have to go. They are not worn in our area and I know of no penalties thrown for armbands.
We have a mandate for the 2008 season that if the armbands (or any illegal equipment) appear during the game we send them kid out for one play, penalize the team with a 5-yard equipment violation and inform the head coach of the situation. If the same equipment violation occurs again, that kid is ejected and the head coach is given a UC penalty.

Please tell me how you cam justify ejecting a player for wearing an armband. I don't seem to find that in my rule book. Is that a state association interpretation?

[daggo66]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Please tell me how you cam justify ejecting a player for wearing an armband. I don't seem to find that in my rule book. Is that a state association interpretation?

They are defined as wrist bands and may not be worn more than 3 inches toward the elbow. If you tell someone they must remove it and they don't follow your instructions it's USC. If they do it again it's a second USC and an automatic ejection. This was a POE last year.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by KWH

I explained how it is justified above.
But I will repeat it since you appear confused.

1) Coach is advised in the pre-game any and all uniform adorments or modifiyed equipment must be removed or corrected prior to participation.
2) If detected during play, player is sent out for one play, team recieves 5-yard equipment penalty, coach is notified of situation. (In your state this may be an UC)
3) On second penalty by same player, player is ejected, coach is issued UC.

You won't find it in your rule book. Amazingly enough you won't find the A-11 Offense to be a UC foul or a Travesty in your rule book either.

So you're saying that the NFHS rule book does not tell us to eject players for not removing bicep bands but your state association feels strongly about this, feels it's not good for the game and has taken it upon themselves to take a stand against this?

That's all I need to know! Thanks!