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Old Tue Apr 12, 2016, 11:56am
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Anybody have any issues with players wearing eye glare shield with designs down the face or glitter in the paint? In football we only allow the hash under the eye but can't find anything covering it in softball.
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Old Tue Apr 12, 2016, 12:05pm
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Some states have apparently made rules against it, but you will not find any rule in the actual rule book.
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Old Tue Apr 12, 2016, 02:14pm
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You mean something that would look like the Ultimate Warrior??? That would be fricking sweet
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Old Tue Apr 12, 2016, 05:54pm
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I have read articles where some StateHSAA consider the face paint to be intimidating and unsportsmanlike and therefore illegal. Fortunately, neither the OhioHSAA nor the MichiganHSAA has not come to the misbegotten conclusion.

Furthermore, if a team is intimidated by its opponent's facepaint then its HC has bigger problems.

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Old Tue Apr 12, 2016, 11:21pm
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In Georgia, GHSA is using the "to be used as intended by the manufacturer" to state that a straight line only (glitter can be added) is the proper application to address glare; anything else is an adornment (like that doesn't contradict the approval of glitter!!).
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Old Wed Apr 13, 2016, 07:50am
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I have read articles where some StateHSAA consider the face paint to be intimidating and unsportsmanlike and therefore illegal. Fortunately, neither the OhioHSAA nor the MichiganHSAA has not come to the misbegotten conclusion.

Furthermore, if a team is intimidated by its opponent's facepaint then its HC has bigger problems.

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This is a rule in NFHS football. Many state have taken that rule and included it in other sports.

Normally you get the old fuddy-duddy award, but I'll take it this time. The paint serves no purpose except under the eyes and I think it's a perfectly reasonable rule / expectation.
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Old Wed Apr 13, 2016, 08:05am
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Can a girl in gothic-style makeup play?

(Stupid rule about nothing, IMO.)
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Old Wed Apr 13, 2016, 09:53am
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There was a proposed rule change for ASA at the last council meeting back in November that addressed the eye black application.

The rule change was to limit it to a single line under the eye.
Fortunately, the change was voted down.
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Old Wed Apr 13, 2016, 06:34pm
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(Stupid rule about nothing, IMO.)
^^^ this
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