Vanderbilt Penalized for Illegal Uniforms

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by CT1

COACH: "Here's a copy of what your boss sent me before the game. He said our unis were OK."

REFEREE: "Coach, you're absolutely right. I don't know why he didn't communicate that to us, but we're rescinding the penalty."

I am sure the baseball umpires on this forum will tell you that a baseball coach risks getting tossed when he brings a rules book onto the field. I officiate basketball (rules interpreter) and umpire baseball and fast pitch softball, and I would not except an email to a coach from my assigner if I and my partners had not received it also. It just seems sketchy to me.

MTD, Sr.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I am sure the baseball umpires on this forum will tell you that a baseball coach risks getting tossed when he brings a rules book onto the field. I officiate basketball (rules interpreter) and umpire baseball and fast pitch softball, and I would not except an email to a coach from my assigner if I and my partners had not received it also. It just seems sketchy to me.

MTD, Sr.

If a coach produced an email from Jerry Snodgrass (OHSAA Assistant Commissioner for basketball, for you non-Buckeyes), I doubt you would ignore it. You accept it and write the report after the game. If it's forged, that's their problem.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Eastshire

If a coach produced an email from Jerry Snodgrass (OHSAA Assistant Commissioner for basketball, for you non-Buckeyes), I doubt you would ignore it. You accept it and write the report after the game. If it's forged, that's their problem.

I can tell you here (Colorado), there'd be no such email from anyone at CHSAA to the coaches/ADs. Not for uniform exceptions.

That said, the NCAA is different and I'd be hesitant to extropolate anything from that.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I am sure the baseball umpires on this forum will tell you that a baseball coach risks getting tossed when he brings a rules book onto the field. I officiate basketball (rules interpreter) and umpire baseball and fast pitch softball, and I would not except an email to a coach from my assigner if I and my partners had not received it also. It just seems sketchy to me.

MTD, Sr.

This seems more like presenting a list of illegal/legal bats. That IS acceptable is it not?