Bars--bretman

[backstop09]

- Merely taping over jewelry does not make it legal.

I understand, but as an umpire how do you handle tape, band-aids or other thinly-veiled attempts to cover up jewelry? I was taught years ago in my first officiating class and have continued to this day that you ask the coach if the players are legally uniformed and equipped. If he or she says that they are, then the responsibility is off of me and onto the coach. I was taught to not ask what is under band-aids or tape or to lift shirts and check for belly rings. We all "KNOW", but the coach has taken responsibility by making his or her certification. If the covering falls off or comes loose during play, then it is penalized according to the rules. I am just interested in how you handle this.

 

[brownsfan]

Everyone else thank you. As backstop09 stated, it's time to get updated. I understand the safety reasons because of this. Tough to call either way which is why I wanted no opinions.

As I stated before, I didn't have all of the details and still don't. I don't know if she was asked to sit, remove it the bar, etc. All I went on was the info given to me.

I don't know if a bar needs to be removed by a professional before a removable one is in place. That's why I gave very little information. I needed facts as I mentioned in a previous post.

 

[BretMan2]

I understand, but as an umpire how do you handle tape, band-aids or other thinly-veiled attempts to cover up jewelry? I was taught years ago in my first officiating class and have continued to this day that you ask the coach if the players are legally uniformed and equipped. If he or she says that they are, then the responsibility is off of me and onto the coach. I was taught to not ask what is under band-aids or tape or to lift shirts and check for belly rings. We all "KNOW", but the coach has taken responsibility by making his or her certification. If the covering falls off or comes loose during play, then it is penalized according to the rules. I am just interested in how you handle this.

Lifting up shirts? No, never going to happen!

But if I see a kid with both of her ears taped up, I'm going to ask the coach what's going on. I'm going to remind him that taping over jewelry doesn't make it legal. I'm going to remind him that he's assured me his team is legally and properly equipped and if he's lying he could be ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. And I'm going to remind him that in the case of an injury due to any jewelry the liability is now his.

What they do with that information is up to them. But if I see something that makes me think jewelry might be involved, I won't just ignore it.

And, no, I do not enjoy playing the fashion police on a ball field. I'm not going to go out of my way performing jewelry inspections, but believe that if we suspect it then we should address it, because it is not only a rule violation but a safety issue as well. There are even a couple of case plays on the books about a player having a ring or necklace covered with tape and the umpire addressing it.

 

[Run26]

Yeah - how dare he have the nerve to enforce a rule! He didn't rip her ear and he didn't make her take it out. She could have sat on the bench with it in. He didn't stop her from doing that. All it sounds like he did was tell her she couldn't participate while wearing it. The choice to try and remove it was all hers.

The ultimate "barring".

 

[SoCal_Dad]

Thank you. I checked the 2015-2016 manual (have it saved on iBooks) and couldn't find jack thus why I asked. I'm on the site now, and I saw what backstop09 had posted, saw it under uniform regulations; but not in the book unless I am off base which I tend to be at times.

Like almost all states, OHSAA uses NFHS softball rules except for some modifications they've adopted. The NFHS rule book is not posted on the OHSAA web site - you may find an unauthorized copy posted somewhere or you can buy your own copy. OHSAA's manual only includes NFHS's annual rule announcements (pp 24-25) and OHSAA's modifications (pp 25-26).

The NFHS Softball Rules and the OHSAA Softball Regulations will serve as the official rules of Softball. The OHSAA may have modified some NFHS rules so that they are in alignment with OHSAA sports regulations. The NFHS Softball Rules Book in the past has been provided to each member school sponsoring softball and each OHSAA licensed official as a courtesy by the OHSAA. Softball head coaches will receive a NFHS Softball Rules Book every other year. No NFHS Softball Rules Book will be mailed to member school coaches this school year.

 

[FastBat]

sounds like a piercing that...

...would never take place under my roof!
(This is probably why the OP didn't want any opinions.)

 

[Captain_Thunder]

...would never take place under my roof!
(This is probably why the OP didn't want any opinions.)

If someone does not want other's opinions on a public forum - they should not post!!!
I have no opinion on the Bars (which my DD just explained to me is when the upper ear gets double pierced with the bar going through both holes), but that is my opinion on opinions!!!!