Apparently, there is no need to press those Wisconsin officials about these particular girls -- according to an AP story yesterday, the team was reinstated.
However, it would be smart to get such rules liberalized or eliminated to avoid such messes in the future. Lee >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 -- Lee Nichols Assistant News Editor The Austin Chronicle 512/454-5766, ext. 138 fax 512/458-6910 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
