Ok, I know I am going to regret responding to this and not demanding the kshsaa be burnt down and its employees hung and quartered, but here goes:
#1. Uniforms, jewelry, etc. are governed by the National Federation. They are not KSHSAA rules, but are rules the KSHSAA agrees to abide by to have membership in the National Federation.
#2. The person who disqualified the girl is not a KSHSAA employee, but a local guy who was (over)zealous in his interpretation and enforcement of the rule.
Was the meet official wrong in either his interpretation or enforcement of the rule? No. Could he have chosen to be less of a j**k and simply disqualified her from that race and told her to take out the earrings before she ran again? Absolutely.
This is the KSHSAA's fault because. . .
