NFHS equipment check

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by dlsumpntx

NFHS 3-2-12 says "Players in the game are prohibited from wearing jewelry such as rings, watches, earrings, bracelets, necklaces (including cloth or string types) or other hard cosmetic or decorative items." Some of my friends and I are debating whether or not “(including cloth or string types)” applies to just necklaces, as it would appear how the sentence is written, or to all jewelry. The issue is whether or not string and other bracelets that are not "hard cosmetic" are prohibited. Thoughts?

We can pretty much always assume that rule books are poorly written and poorly edited; even when published by an education based organization.
I think you know the parentheses apply to all items and NFHS allows none of them.