State Cup in Lancaster this weekend... refs make the boys on our home team switch to a different color of socks from the away team. Pretty clear that the home team must switch jerseys if necessary for contrast from other team, but this is the first time I've heard of a ref crew making the players remove their cleats and switch socks moments before a game. The refs explained it was a new rule and they were getting more picky in the later rounds of State Cup.
The refs said it makes it easier to determine who kicked the ball out of bounds etc. I actually buy into that argument, but I have not been able to find anything that would require players to make a change like that right when they are in their final preparations for a game (with parents running to cars to search through luggage to find the dirty socks from the prior day's game).
Did the ref crew feed us a load of BS causing a unnecessary fire drill, or were they enforcing actual laws of the game?
The refs said it makes it easier to determine who kicked the ball out of bounds etc. I actually buy into that argument, but I have not been able to find anything that would require players to make a change like that right when they are in their final preparations for a game (with parents running to cars to search through luggage to find the dirty socks from the prior day's game).
Did the ref crew feed us a load of BS causing a unnecessary fire drill, or were they enforcing actual laws of the game?