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Arkansas High School Basketball => Killer Crossover => Topic started by: LeftyWorld on November 23, 2018, 08:46:48 pm

Title: Rolling Shorts
Post by: LeftyWorld on November 23, 2018, 08:46:48 pm
Why can't kids roll their shorts? Heck when we were in school we use to roll em a few times to get them the right length, heck some guys had to roll em 4-5 times cause they were so small. In high school especially the smaller classifications I don't see why they can't roll their shorts. These kids are usually wearing jerseys 2-3 years old ordered when they were in jr high. Heck some jr high are wearing hand me downs that are 6-8 years old. Is there a logical explanation as to why AAA does not allow this? I know we used to all the time until college made it a fashion statement, but that's still no reason to punish kids who can't get uniforms fitted for them every year.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: no mascot on November 23, 2018, 09:12:25 pm
It could be a safety issue if the kid's drawstring is exposed. That's the best reasoning I've come up with.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: LeftyWorld on November 24, 2018, 04:29:08 pm
Yep but they can't even roll them to the inside  ??? Just doesn't make sense from any logical stand point that I've come up with
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: Brian G on November 24, 2018, 05:33:36 pm
They are always making rules for basketball.

Uniform policy and colors are liberal for football but basketball is far to restrictive overall.  More rules in a game that doesn't need them.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: no mascot on November 24, 2018, 11:43:20 pm
Preach.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: SoftballCrazy on December 03, 2018, 12:28:47 pm
Another stupid AAA/NFHS rule. It's crazy. When poor junior high kids can hardly fit and the shorts go to their knees. Bigger fish to fry than this. Get a clue AAA
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: Flobbito on December 06, 2018, 01:22:45 pm
I've seen a lot of shorts rolled this year, and no enforcement. AAA needs to lighten up.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: YSpanther on December 06, 2018, 04:08:11 pm
Baseball is pretty picky when it comes to the pitcher, but almost all of it is based on color contrast etc. on the throwing arm.  You can wear longsleeves under, but if it does anything to make it hard to pick up the ball coming out of the hand, it is illegal.  And many times, the kid isn't even meaning to, he is just freezing on March 1st.  But at least in baseball, most of the uniform and equipment rules seem to be logical in nature.  Basketball seems to be pretty arbitrary on the other hand.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: VHSCoach2 on December 07, 2018, 07:34:21 am
Quote from: Flobbito on December 06, 2018, 01:22:45 pm
I've seen a lot of shorts rolled this year, and no enforcement. AAA needs to lighten up.

To build on this point, the first time I saw this rule enforced this season was last night during a set of junior high games. A month into the season. Perhaps some referees let it go, while others do not.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: Longfellow on December 09, 2018, 11:11:48 am
I've seen it enforced maybe 3 times this year, which is more than I've ever seen before. It's really depends on the crew
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: 1-Adam-12 on December 09, 2018, 11:45:40 am
It has been enforced at nearly every Booneville game I've been to this season, both on Booneville and their opponents, and at all levels.

It's a real problem for our girls' point guard who is only 5'0".  She has trouble when the refs make her unroll her shorts because they then go down past her knees.

And while I'm at it, the headbands with the flaps. Some crews have made the players take them off, and some have let them go.  I guess it depends on who is calling the game.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: cannon on December 10, 2018, 09:48:33 pm
I saw a junior high girls game where they actually made a girl take off her knee pads. Two girls were wearing them. One had on white knee pads, the other's were blue. Ref said that, because they didn't match, one girl had to take them off.

Why, oh why, does the color of a 14 year old girls knee pads matter to the refs?
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: baller334 on December 11, 2018, 07:57:58 am
It don't matter to the refs one bit, it's the AOA and assigners that demands it be enforced or that official won't have any games. It just makes that particular official look bad cause he's enforcing the rule.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: YSpanther on December 11, 2018, 09:24:10 am
Quote from: baller334 on December 11, 2018, 07:57:58 am
It don't matter to the refs one bit, it's the AOA and assigners that demands it be enforced or that official won't have any games. It just makes that particular official look bad cause he's enforcing the rule.
This.  Before every season the official organization has meetings and tells them what rules to emphasize.  But I think some officials just have fetishes.  Like some guys guard the lane and the 3 second call like a hawk, and others never even look. A healthy medium would be nice.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: Brian G on December 11, 2018, 02:09:47 pm
I do beleive that unfiroms should in fact be uniform.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: sevenof400 on December 11, 2018, 02:49:40 pm
Quote from: B.G. on December 11, 2018, 02:09:47 pm
I do beleive that unfiroms should in fact be uniform.

Heretic.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: no mascot on December 11, 2018, 09:00:05 pm
It's too bad kids legs aren't a uniform length.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: 1-Adam-12 on December 11, 2018, 11:12:40 pm
Quote from: cannon on December 10, 2018, 09:48:33 pm
I saw a junior high girls game where they actually made a girl take off her knee pads. Two girls were wearing them. One had on white knee pads, the other’s were blue. Ref said that, because they didn’t match, one girl had to take them off.

Why, oh why, does the color of a 14 year old girls knee pads matter to the refs?

That is absolutely ridiculous.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: Ice Water on December 11, 2018, 11:19:52 pm
^ At least that one is actually explicitly in the rule book. The short rolling thing is just a reaching interpretation.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: OB11 on December 12, 2018, 09:20:03 am
Anyone know what the rule (if there is one) is at the college level. Don't see guys doing it much in college but I've seen several women's games where the players have their shorts rolled.
Title: Re: Rolling Shorts
Post by: Bergman1820 on January 02, 2019, 03:54:24 pm
But refs allow girls to tuck their shorts into their spandex.