protocol questions

[AtlUmpSteve]

While any UIC or local area sanction may suggest (or require) that you ask if players are legally or properly equipped, the legal reality is that you are p'ing in the wind, unless it is an actual NFHS sanctioned game. The legal concept of in loco parentis, meaning in the place of a parent, only applies in high school. So ask anyone other than a high school coach, and the result is 1) they have no legal standing to waive YOUR (and others) liability, and 2) you are proving to anyone with a clue that you have no clue.

Each sanction is free to describe jewelry and its' legality as it chooses. When the sanction allows the umpire's determination of safety or legality, each umpire in a crew may have different judgements; but we need to support our partner's call in this area, just like any other call we may question.