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FASHION POLICE Rules
2014/15 NFHS
Wristbands, Headbands,
Arm Sleeves, Leg Sleeves,
Tights and Other Non-Essential
Things for Which We’ve
Been Given Rules to Enforce
Freddy Krieger, MHSAA Trainer Fruit Belt Officials Association www.fruitbeltofficials.org
Rule 3-5 “New Stuff for ‘14/15”
ART. 2c Knee and ankle braces which are unaltered from the manufacturer’s original
design/production are permitted and do not require any additional padding/covering
nor do the braces need to meet the color restrictions.
ART. 3 Arm sleeves, knee sleeves, lower leg sleeves and tights are permissible:
a. Anything worn on the arm and/or leg is a sleeve, except a knee brace, and shall
meet the color restrictions.
b. The sleeves/tights shall be black, white, beige or the predominant color of the
uniform and the same color sleeves/tights shall be worn by teammates.
c. All sleeves/tights shall be the same solid color.
d. Meet the logo requirements in 3-6 (one only, limited to 2-1/4 square inches and
never larger than 2-1/4 inches in any dimension)
ART. 4a Headbands and wristbands shall be white, black, beige or predominant color of
the uniform and shall be the same color for each item and all participants. See 3-6 for
logo requirements.
ART. 7 Compression shorts shall be a single solid color similar to the predominant color
of the uniform; the length shall be above the knee. Undergarments shall not extend
below the pants/skirt. See 3-6 for logo requirements.
SUMMARY of the Fashion Police Rules . . .
A. FAMILY #1:
Headbands and Wristbands are one family, subject to it’s own color restrictions
(white, black, beige, or the predominant color of the uniform), and all team
members must have the same color of everything in this family
B. FAMILY #2:
Arm Compression Sleeves, Leg Compression Sleeves, and Tights are another
family, subject to it’s own legal color restrictions (white, black, beige, or
the predominant color of the uniform), and all team members
must have the same color of everything in this family
C. FAMILY #3:
Undershirts and Compression Pants are yet another family. They must be
the predominant color of the uniform, unfrayed, and all team members
must have the same color of everything in this family
This was legal last season when a permissible choice was “a Single Solid
School Color.” However, because the rule this year reads, “the Predominant
Color of the Uniform”, this headband is illegal.
QUESTION:
What is the Dallas
player wearing that
would be illegal in
NFHS?
Here are two stylish
NFHS high school
basketball players you’ll have
in your first game this
2014-15 season.
Notice how they’re all
decked out in the latest
Headband,
Wristband,
Compression Sleeve,
fashions!
Shucks, they might wanna
wear tights and compression
shorts, too. Who knows???
You need to know
Rule 3-5-3
and
Rule 3-5-4
in order to
help Manute and Muggsy
smartly AND LEGALLY adorn
themselves
for the Big Game.
That’s right.
As a registered basketball official
you must also be an
officially sworn and deputized
member of
The ‘14/15 NFHS Fashion Police!
Manute and Muggsy can’t really
play a quality high school
basketball game unless they’re
all smartly decked out in
the latest, stylish
HEADBANDS
WRISTBANDS
ARM COMPRESSION SLEEVES
LEG COMPRESSION SLEEVES
COMPRESSION SHORTS
and
TIGHTS ! ! !
As Manute and Muggsy
consider what color
headbands, wristbands,
arm compression sleeves,
leg compression sleeves,
Compression shorts,
and tights to wear,
what are their legal options?
LEGAL
COLOR
CHOICES:
 W____________
 B____________
 B____________
… or a …
 P____________
C____________
of the
U____________
LEGAL
COLOR
CHOICES:
 WHITE
 BLACK
 BEIGE
… or the …
 Predominant
Color
of the
Uniform
(NOTE: Change for ‘14/15
season – CANNOT be “Single
Solid School Color” like last
year. So, BLUE, in this case, is
illegal)
SEE EXAMPLE FOLLOWING…
This was legal last season when a permissible choice was “a Single Solid
School Color.” However, because the rule this year reads, “the Predominant
Color of the Uniform”, this headband is illegal.
Manute selects this color
HEADBAND.
Looks like he’s gonna have
a “lights out” game tonight!
And now Muggsy, feeling
quite insufficient – and with no
particular medical reason (***) –
wants to select a legal colored
LEG COMPRESSION SLEEVE which
will certainly help him
reach as high as Manute can.
What choice(s) does Muggsy
legally have?
(***)
Medical – Schmedical. All
that “Coach, that
armsleeve IS being worn
for a medical reason, isn’t
it?” hooey is unnecessary
now. “Must be worn for
medical reasons” has been
axed from the “Fashion
Police” rules governing
arm sleeves, leg sleeves,
etc.
So, no “medical reason” is
required for Muggsey to
wear the next item he
feels he needs…
Compression sleeves, whether on the
arm or the leg, need not be the same
color as the headbands or wristbands.
However, the same legal color options
exist for compression sleeves as for
headbands and wristbands.
Therefore, Muggsy’s choices are . . .
Muggsy chooses this color, the predominant
color of his team’s uniforms, for a
LEG COMPRESSION SLEEVE. How nice.
Now Manute wants to
exercise his option to wear,
an
ARM COMPRESSION SLEEVE
like he saw Allen Iverson wear. This will no
doubt help his 3-point shooting percentage.
What color MUST
Manute choose?
Correct. All compression sleeves, whether
worn on the arms or the legs, must be the
same color for all members of a team.
Tights, if worn, or compression pants fit into
this same family for color purposes.
Now Muggsy wants to put on a
WRISTBAND.
It will help protect him when he dunks.
What color MUST
Muggsy choose?
He smartly chooses the legal color,
given Manute’s preference for his headband.
Again, headbands and wristbands must be
all the same color for all members of the same
team wearing them.
Bonus question:
How high up his arm can
Muggsy legally wear his
WRISTBAND,
and what is the widest it can be?
Wristbands must be worn “below the elbow”…
and “a maximum of four inches” wide…
with “only one on each wrist”.
Now, Manute wants to add a
WRISTBAND
and a
LEG COMPRESSION SLEEVE
and
Muggsy wants to add a
HEADBAND and an
ARM COMPRESSION SLEEVE.
What are their only legal
color options for each?
That is correct.
Not only will they play better
in their high school basketball game,
don’t they look just dandy?!!!
Can you now consider yourself
a sworn member of the
NFHS
FASHION
POLICE?
NOT QUITE YET.
Know what’s new about
Rule 3-5, just to be sure!
Rule 3-5 “New Stuff for ‘14/15”
ART. 2c Knee and ankle braces which are unaltered from the manufacturer’s original
design/production are permitted and do not require any additional padding/covering
nor do the braces need to meet the color restrictions.
ART. 3 Arm sleeves, knee sleeves, lower leg sleeves and tights are permissible:
a. Anything worn on the arm and/or leg is a sleeve, except a knee brace, and shall
meet the color restrictions.
b. The sleeves/tights shall be black, white, beige or the predominant color of the
uniform and the same color sleeves/tights shall be worn by teammates.
c. All sleeves/tights shall be the same solid color.
d. Meet the logo requirements in 3-6 (one only, limited to 2-1/4 square inches and
never larger than 2-1/4 inches in any dimension)
ART. 4a Headbands and wristbands shall be white, black, beige or predominant color of
the uniform and shall be the same color for each item and all participants. See 3-6 for
logo requirements.
ART. 7 Compression shorts shall be a single solid color similar to the predominant color
of the uniform; the length shall be above the knee. Undergarments shall not extend
below the pants/skirt. See 3-6 for logo requirements.
Test your knowledge of the Fashion Police rules
by assessing the legality of these examples . . .
QUESTION:
What is the Dallas
player wearing that
would be illegal in
NFHS?
ANSWER . . .
Nothing.
The tights he’s wearing comply
with the “black” color
requirement and the
kneebands he’s wearing don’t
appear to be regulated
because they seem more like
“braces” than “compression
sleeves”.
QUESTION:
Identify the illegal
adornments this guy
is wearing.
ANSWER:
Headband? OK – cf. 3-6 for
logo.
Wrist bands? 3-5-4c, not
moisture-absorbing, thus
ILLEGAL.
Numbered Armband?
ILLEGAL – doesn’t comply with
3-6.
Shirt? Untucked, ILLEGAL
Medical Thingies on the upper
arms? LEGAL
QUESTION:
Assess the legality of
the way the whiteuniformed player is
adorned.
ANSWER:
White arm sleeve is
LEGAL.
Blue thing on his knee
seems to be a brace,
not a compression
sleeve, so it’s not
regulated by any color
restrictions -- LEGAL.
If a compression
sleeve, then white
would be needed.
QUESTION:
Will you allow this
player to begin or
enter the game?
ANSWER:
Nope. Arm
compression sleeve
must be a single solid
color, and for this
player must be white,
black, beige, or the
predominant color of
his team’s uniform,
which isn’t blue.
QUESTION:
Compare the two
“Rebels” players.
Assess their
undershirts, socks,
and shoes.
ANSWER:
Undershirts: Both by
color and sleeve
length – LEGAL.
Socks: Unregulated –
LEGAL.
Shoes: Unregulated –
LEGAL.
QUESTION:
How’d your partner
let this guy in the
game???
ANSWER:
Your partner didn’t
know the rule
regarding arm
compression sleeves,
that they need to be a
single legal color.
Duh. He owes you a
cold one after the
game.
QUESTION:
Assess the middle
“Bulldog” player in
the white.
ANSWERS:
Zap him on that arm
compression sleeve…it’s
not a single solid
color…and it’s not the
same as the leg
compression sleeve he’s
got on his knee (unless
that’s a “brace” which
would be unregulated –
cf. 3-5-3 NOTE, on
definition of a “brace”)
QUESTION:
LEGAL, right?
ANSWER:
Right.
A-O-K here.
Undershirt
sleeves are of
the same length.
3-5-6. And a
teammate could
have a white
undershirt with
two short
sleeves, also.
QUESTION: These guys???
ANSWERS:
That ref looks good!
The security force looks
really on top of the
situation.
The player has a
bandage on his wrist,
which would be
unregulated as to color.
Maybe tell him to tuck
in his stringy thingy.
QUESTION:
The “Bulldog” #1???
ANSWER:
Compression sleeves
on the legs are fully
legal.
But the different
sleeve lengths of his
undershirt violate 3-56. He should not have
been allowed to begin
or enter the game
wearing that. Sorry
Bulldog #1.
RULING?:
ANSWER: Let ‘em play. All good. 3-6 is the only
pertinent rule involved here, and that’s OK.
QUESTION:
All LEGAL
except for
one thing.
What is it?
ANSWER:
3-5-4c –
“…below
the
elbow…”
QUESTION:
Fashionable and
popular, but which
arm has something
ILLEGAL?
ANSWER:
Right arm adornment
is not in compliance
with 3-5-4c, not
“moisture-absorbing”.
You go ahead and tell
him. He’s in your
PCA, not mine. 
QUESTION:
YOUR REACTION:
Hey #20…
…and #35
And #42…
QUESTION:
Only two NFHS
violations to
clean up here.
What are they?
ANSWER:
ILLEGAL
wristbands – cf.
3-5-4c.
YOU CORRECTLY
SAY:
“Coach, this player is
dressed illegally in
three ways, one of
which is gonna cost
you your box.” (Or
tactful words to that
effect…)
Why?
BECAUSE:
1-- The wristband needs
to be below the elbow,
and
2– The leg sleeve needs
to be white, beige, black,
or the predominant color
of the uniform (not blue),
and
3– The illegal number (34-3d) constitutes an
illegal uniform, thus (105-4), a direct technical
against the coach.
I’M NOT
ARGUING WITH
THIS GUY.
I’LL LET MY
PARTNER TAKE
CARE OF HIM.
What will my
partner need to
address here?
My partner will
explain tactfully
to the coach that
the armbands
gotta be below
the elbows and
be blue, or the
headband needs
to be white.
I’m not messing
with this guy. 
QUESTION:
This high school player?
YOUR REACTI0N:
Purple “tights” are legal,
as they are the same color
as the predominant color
of the uniform. They
might look stupid, but
they’re legal.
But hey, let’s get that
armband slid down below
the elbow okay?!
QUESTION:
ANSWER:
What’s with the
ILLEGAL
headband,
dude?
Cf. 3-6.
QUESTION:
Must be an
underclassman. What
issues you got with
this youngster?
ISSUES:
ILLEGAL headband – Why?
ILLEGAL armsleeves – Why?
QUESTION:
What’s
wrong
here?
ANSWER:
#1 – You’re
doing the
wrong sport.
#2 –
Wristbands
must be
“unadorned”
– cf. 3-5-4c.
QUESTION:
Anything the crew missed when they
allowed these two players to play?
ANSWERS:
White player wrist
band – see 3-5-4c,
not “moisture
absorbing” -ILLEGAL.
Blue player –
headband ILLEGAL,
not the
predominant color
of the jersey. Arm
sleeve – LEGAL.
QUESTION:
Your partner
doesn’t see
anything
wrong with
this player.
Your response
is . . .
ANSWERS:
A. Get a new
partner.
B. Enforce the
headband
rule.
C. Loose the
necklace.
D. Get a shirt
on this guy. E. Do an immediate background check, maybe?
QUESTION:
Hi-flying #5. OK?
ANSWER:
Yep. Looks kinda like
a pumpkin, but she’s
all legal.
White headband -OK. Tights which
match the
predominant color of
the uniform - LEGAL.
QUESTION:
Anything illegal about
#22?
Are those
“undergarments” or
“compression shorts?
ANSWER:
If those were
underwear (“briefs”),
they’d be illegal
according to 3-5-7,
but they’re not.
Those are
compression shorts.
LEGAL since they’re
white.
QUESTION:
You discover
these
compression
shorts because
this player does
this to show
you . . . What
do you do now?
ANSWER:
“Coach, this player is
wearing illegal
compression shorts. I
need a substitute for
him right now.”
According to 3-3-5,
can the coach “buy
him back in” with a
time out?
ILLEGAL
number, but at
least his
headband and
wristbands are
LEGAL.
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