Jewelry - per ASA

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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

I worked an ASA tournament this weekend and had a partner who tried invoking the NFHS version of the jewelry rule. He told the teams that absolutely no jewelry was permitted.

As he was PU for our first game, I let it slide and no one really complained.

Since ASA leaves it to the umpire's discretion as to what may be considered dangerous, I halted his soapboxing on the matter our next game where I was the PU. Some girls had stud earrings and one or two had those little stud nose piercings. My opinion was none of those were dangerous.

I thought I recalled seeing something in writing somewhere where an example of "studs were OK, but hoop type earrings were not" was noted. It's not in the rule book and I checked some of the plays and clarifications on the ASA website. Since NFHS bans jewelry altogether, I know it wasn't there.

Does this sound familiar to anyone, or did I just dream it up. Maybe it was on this board that I saw it, but a search didn't yield what I was looking for.

Thanx for any pointers.

In ASA it is purely umpire judgment. Yours may be different than mine. For that matter, I can almost guarantee that.

IMJ, if it can hurt a player other than the wearer, it comes off. Otherwise, I'm not their mother or coach.