At 11:45 PM -0500 5/28/02, William Bahnfleth wrote: >I heard some details on a local radio broadcast this morning. > >The DQ'd team won the race in question by over 9 seconds and is >prevented from advancing in the tournament unless legal action >threatened by parents is effective. The HS association says they >can't help because an appeal was not filed within 30 minutes. > >The violation did not have to do with the uniform itself, but with a >rule about "visible sports bras". They must be solid black, gray or >white. The offender was wearing one with 1/4 inch trim. > >I don't believe there are any rules about invisible sports bras. > >Bill Bahnfleth
To all--If you all feel strongly about this, go to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's web site...there are e-mail addresses listed for their key personnel. Though I've been out of coaching high schoolers for a number of years here in Washington, I must agree that for the most part, the uniform rules are ridiculous. The Wisconsin IAA site is at: http://www.wiaawi.org/ Paul Merca > >At 07:37 PM 5/28/2002 -0700, Dan Kaplan wrote: >>--- "Michael J. Roth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Please ... get this uniform rule changed across the US to read as >>> follows: "... The top and bottom are of a color scheme so as to allow >>> for officials to differentiate between competitors of opposing >>> programs and recognize which program a participant belongs to." >> >>Careful, I think that definition might just make things even worse. We >>have 3 schools in the conference with an identical make of uniform >>(speedsuits). One is black, one is dark purple, and the other is navy. >>Very difficult to tell apart unless you can read the name from straight on >>or recognize the athlete. Would these schools have to invest in new >>uniforms under that definition? >> >>Dan >> >>===== >>http://AccountBiller.com - MyCalendar, D-Man, ReSearch, etc. >>http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F >>------------------------------------------------------------ >> @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) >>_/ \ \/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lifetime forwarding address) >> / / (503)370-9969 phone/fax >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup >>http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
