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Originally Posted by Rich Ives (Post 938988)

1.11 (a ) (1) All players on a team shall wear numbered uniforms identical in color, trim and style. The wearing of hats or visors is optional for each player while on defense.

That's it. You'd have to decide that the bandana was jewelry.

1.11 (j) Players must not wear jewelry such as, but not limited to, rings, watches, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, nor any hard cosmetic/decorative items. This applies regardless of the composition of such jewelry, hard cosmetic item or hard decorative item. EXCEPTION: Jewelry that alerts medical personnel to a specific condition is permissible.

Never seen a hard bandana.

The rules instruction manual makes a referfece to the joke (their word) about anything you weren't born with.

Anything with a knot is "hard". :p

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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve (Post 939005)

OK, so it is your interpretation of 1.11 (a) that anything worn on the head that isn't jewelry is optional, that it isn't limited to hats and visors?

Suppose a player chose to place a beehive, complete with bees on her head. Since it isn't jewelry, nor a hard item, you would allow that, right? How about a paper plate with a banana and peanut butter sandwich? Or a Mexican sombrero; that's a hat, right, so she can wear it? Star Wars stormtrooper helmet?

Yeah, certainly extreme, and even foolish examples. But if you have no line drawn anywhere, then they should all be allowable. Unless you read 1.11 (a) to limit what is legal headwear.

HS bans bandanas because they were/are considered gang related. I don't think LL has the same concerns.

The sombrero's a hat isn't it? If that's the team hat then it'd be OK.

Remember a few years ago when a HS track team somewhere got DQed because their sports bras did match?

No comment on not wearing anything you weren't born wearing - like clothes?

Sometimes people get way too anal about things of no consequence.

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Originally Posted by CecilOne (Post 939009)

Anything with a knot is "hard". :p

Not any harder than a braid in the hair. Gonna ban braids? :)

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Originally Posted by Rich Ives (Post 938987)

So you have to play naked? :D

You should read some the posts by my fellow pervert (and I mean that in the nicest way, :D), Mark Padgett in the Basketball Forum. :p

MTD, Sr.

To address the initial question, LL softball rules are essentially baseball rules with minor modifications. They don't necessarily follow ASA, NFHS, or other softball organizations. Heck, they don't even recognize the ASA rule on bats like every other softball organization out there.

Yes, there is no reference to bandanas in LL softball rules. It simply says hats and visors are optional.

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Originally Posted by Manny A (Post 939210)

Again, I will agree to disagree that if hats and visors are optional, then anything else, such as bandanas, hair beads, sombreros, storm trooper helmets, and aluminum foil coverings are, too. Hats and visors are optional; I read that to be all inclusive of the complete list of approved headwear.

And, "hats" in all bat/ball games is universally limited to ball caps. Anything else is simply not a "uniform" part.