Wearing Pink

I came across this article by way of the Uni-watch.com blog. Basically, a HS girls team in the Omaha area wore pink uniforms to raise money for a charity. The unis were to be auctioned off after the game. The first half of the game goes as planned. When both teams come back out for the 2nd half, the opposing coach asks the officials about the rule for not wearing white jerseys for the home team. The officials agree that wearing predominately pink unis is against the rule. The refs issue a technical foul for wearing the pink jerseys. Ok. I get it. They broke the rules. Now, why in the world did it take the refs until the 2nd half to enforce a technical foul? In the article, the opposing coach is quoted as saying, "But when you want to maintain the integrity of the game, you've got to play by the rules.'' Wow. The uniforms have absolutely nothing to do with upholding the integrity of the game. They wore them for one game. They were helping people out. You had a chance to teach your players a nice life lesson and you worried about taking advantage of the situation. What you should have done, was 1. probably not even asked about the uniforms. 2. If they do issue a technical foul, then you instruct your player to miss both free throws. 3. If the other team had the ball, you take a 5 second count and give them the ball back. As far as the referees go, if you're going to give a technical foul for uniform infractions, it needs to be given at the beginning of the game.