As an official, I can't prevent a school from playing with uniforms that don't meet the standard. I can only report them to the high school association. I will say that I do agree that it is annoying that some of the referees let things slide so that when I have to referee a team that isn't complying with the rules, they always gripe to me that the last referee let them play like that. I just tell them I am not the other referee, and that I have standards. If all referees aren't enforcing to the same standard, it turns into a mess.
