Clothing Color Under Uniforms

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I attended a District final game yesterday and saw something that I have seen enforced in many regular season games but for some reason not in this tournament game.

The Home teams colors are navy blue and light blue. Jersey's were grey with navy writing, shorts were navy. An infielder had sliding shorts that were neon green - neon yellow and were VERY visible. She also had a sliding pad on that when rolled down had a round neon yellow colored circle. It was rather obnoxious.

Again, I was under the impression that all under garments had to a) match team colors and b) be the same as the rest of the team.

Any help on clearing this up here?

 

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The girl you are referring to has worn that same thing all year.

BTW, I think obnoxious is a stretch.

 

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Well, when a player feels the need to stand out from the rest of her team for something like that, then in my opinion, it's obnoxious. I guess I just run my program differently.

REGARDLESS, my question is on the ruling, not if your defition of obnoxious is parallel with mine.

 

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She wore them all season, so obviously it was not a problem. You are complaining about the color of her sliding shorts! Get a clue. The sliding pad she wears is all over the place (black with a softball patch), and is common. I saw dozens of them in HS ball this year.

I am not connected with this team in any way, I just think the comment is off base. If you want a rule, then ask for a rule without calling a specific player out. I certainly don't run my program that way.

 

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OHSAA softball uniform regulations
"The following information can be found in the NFHS Softball Rules Book (Rule 3, Section 2).

7. Exposed undergarments, if worn, are considered part of the official uniform. All exposed undergarments shall be in either school colors or colors of black, white, or gray.
A. Exposed upper-body undergarments do not have to be the same color as exposed lower-body undergarments. However, all exposed upper-body undergarments shall be the same color, and all exposed lower-body undergarments shall be the same color.
B.A pitcher's exposed upper-body undergarments may be white or gray if she is the only team member wearing an upper-body undergarment or if other team members are wearing the same color. "

Have seen this same team a number of times this year...player has wore the same slide shorts every game. If you saw it as a rule violation that you were offended by maybe you should have brought it to the attention of the umpire at the coach/umpire meeting before the start of game. My personal opinion is that it does not effect the outcome of the game and it does not give the player an advantage, so why even bring it up?

 

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http://www.ohsaa.org/members/uniform.htm#SB

Here is the web site and the rule quoted above. ?In high school this should not have been allowed. If what is posted above about neon green, yellow is correct..

 

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Equipment Rule for ASA: (which is where HS rules are derived from)

Rule 3 Section 6 Article B:

All players pants may be long, short or mixed in style, as long as they are like color. Players may wear a solid-colored pair of sliding pants. It is not mandatory that all players wear sliding pants, but if more than one player wears them, they must be like color and style......

Rule 3 Section 6 Article C:

players may wear a solid-colored undershirt. It is not mandatory that all players wear an undershirt, but if more than one player wears one, they must be like color and style.....

 

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Wow, people getting a little tense before the holiday weekend?

I was asking a question on a rule. I wasn't complaining. I didnt complain yesterday or today, JUST CURIOUS, nor did I imply that it effected the outcome of the game OR even call a specific player out by name or team. If anybody happens to know who I'm talking about, thats great, but again, I mentioned no specifics of team or player name.

 

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[highlight]I attended a District final game yesterday [/highlight]and saw something that I have seen enforced in many regular season games but for some reason not in this tournament game.

[highlight]The Home teams colors are navy blue and light blue. Jersey's were grey with navy writing, shorts were navy[/highlight]. ?An infielder had sliding shorts that were neon green - neon yellow and were VERY visible. ?She also had a sliding pad on that when rolled down had a round neon yellow colored circle. ?[highlight]It was rather obnoxious[/highlight].

Again, I was under the impression that all under garments had to ? a) match team colors ?and ? b) be the same as the rest of the team.

Any help on clearing this up here?

[highlight]Well, when a player feels the need to stand out from the rest of her team for something like that, then in my opinion, it's obnoxious.[/highlight] I guess I just run my program differently.

REGARDLESS, my question is on the ruling, not if your defition of obnoxious is parallel with mine.

The player you are referring to is a great kid. She is very unassuming, and is the opposite of your assumptions. There was a way to ask your question without calling her out. BTW, they are neon lime green

 

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Uncle Bubba,

Seriously, if you werent from NWO you would have no idea who I was talking about.



I do appreciate others posting the ruling. Thank you for answering my question. I was just surprised, that since it is an actual rule that I have seen enforced in the past, that it was not enforced in a tournament game.

 

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Wow, people getting a little tense before the holiday weekend?

I was asking a question on a rule. ?I wasn't complaining. ?I didnt complain yesterday or today, JUST CURIOUS, nor did I imply that it effected the outcome of the game OR even call a specific player out by name or team. ?If anybody happens to know who I'm talking about, thats great, but again, I mentioned no specifics of team or player name.

You would be correct in the fact that the Neon Green should not be visiable. As an umpire I have seen girls wear the sliding pad with the yellow ball as a pitcher or 2nd/SS and haves asked them to fold it down on defence.

 

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It's like any other softball rule, any given set of umpires will choose to follow them or make up their own. In our tourney game, the first base coach was allowed to wear blue jeans, where at the tourney draw this was talked about by the TD and Chief Umpire, and they stated it wasn't allowed.

 

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The player you are referring to is a great kid. ?She is very unassuming, and is the opposite of your assumptions. ?There was a way to ask your question without calling her out. ?[highlight]BTW, they are neon lime green [/highlight]

You are much more discriptive...I would have just went with LIME GREEN ;D

 

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I think the sliding pad (I have seen them) is really only a problem if it is the pitcher wearing it inside out showing the ball design. It's easy enough to fix by just pulling the pad up. I saw it enforced last summer during a tournament and it was a non pitcher wearing it. They just made her pull it up. My thinking is, no for a pitcher, other players it's a non factor.

 

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Copper684. let's play a little devils advocate: Let's say we only think it's the pitcher. So now I have my short stop or second base line up where the ball is released , so that the batter cannot see the yellow coming out of the hand, since it's blurred against a like color back ground. Do you think us coaches don't think of these tricks. That is why the rule is written for all players. One of the press releases on the Rip it bat when it first came out, , was it was yellow and the fielders couldn't see it come off the bat. Giving them a slight advantage. True or not , everyone is looking for that slight edge.

 

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Our Team wears white underarmour under the uniform shirt. We played on a night that was so cold. The opposing team complained that it was a distractraction by the pitcher and the umpire made our pitcher remove her underarmour. IT WAS COLD!!!!! The ball is YELLOW, not white. Someone figure this one out!! BTW we beat them anyway.

 

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Our Team wears white underarmour under the uniform shirt. ?We played on a night that was so cold. ?The opposing team complained that it was a distractraction by the pitcher and the umpire made our pitcher remove her underarmour. ?IT WAS COLD!!!!! ?The ball is YELLOW, not white. ?Someone figure this one out!! ?BTW ?we beat them anyway.

I'm sorry for your experience. That was a bonehead call by the Umpire.

 

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OK, my dd is a pitcher and will play h.s. ball next year. ?I have heard so many stories about the acceptable under garment colors that I don't know what color to buy. ?How about the same color as the jersey? ?Coach has said black, white or gray but the team wears all three!

 

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most HS coaches wouldnt go for that...i know ours...you must match..your on a team wear the team uniform...anyway...lime green with grey and blue???? thats just down right wrong!