BAND PERFORMANCES

• The playing of the National Anthem will be the responsibility of the home team.
  
• The band is not to play or cheers be given when the ball is alive by rule.
  
• Persons subject to the rules, including bands, shall not create any noise that prohibits a team from hearing its signals
  
• Drums, cymbals, bells and mechanical noisemakers shall not be used to assist cheering.
  
• The home team shall have the right to perform first if both bands desire to play.
  

 

http://www.khsaa.org/football/footballplayoffinstructionswithforms.pdf

So, can we use a natural noise maker?

 

 

Only if you stop by White Castle first. :clap:

My favorite is a milk jug full of rocks.

 

So you met TuTu's Mom? :ylsuper::ylsuper::ylsuper:

Surely all of us who have played football knows that during the game the chance of hearing a cowbell or other noise maker is highly unlikely. Most of the time players are so focused and into the game that they hardly hear anything from the stands. Unless of course your teams are so bad that no one is in the stands.

Dayton High School's band plays continuously throughtout the game. What makes it worse is that the visitor's sideline is also the side with the stands where the band sits. At times, they are loud enough to make it difficult to communicate to players on the field.

Lets just take all the fun out of Friday night high school Football: No bands, cheerleaders, music, and crowd can only cheer after a play is over. That way no one gets the blame for losing except the losing team. Of course it will be a boring Friday night of football.

BAND PERFORMANCES

• The playing of the National Anthem will be the responsibility of the home team.
  
• The band is not to play or cheers be given when the ball is alive by rule.
  
• Persons subject to the rules, including bands, shall not create any noise that prohibits a team from hearing its signals
  
• Drums, cymbals, bells and mechanical noisemakers shall not be used to assist cheering.
  
• The home team shall have the right to perform first if both bands desire to play.
  

 

http://www.khsaa.org/football/footballplayoffinstructionswithforms.pdf

 

 

Since this is under “Band Performance” Section doesn’t it only apply to bands and not the crowd?

My favorite is a milk jug full of rocks.

 

I bet 00Rocket28 would like that.

We've got a faithful father in the stands every week that rings his cowbell. He only does it on "rally moments" or after TDs or after his son does something well.

 

I think there are about 6 or 7 faithful cowbell ringers this year. When your team scores as much as the Falcons do the vocal cords can get pretty worn down by this time in the season without some assistance.

I think there are about 6 or 7 faithful cowbell ringers this year. When your team scores as much as the Falcons do the vocal cords can get pretty worn down by this time in the season without some assistance.

Very true.

 

Later.

I think there are about 6 or 7 faithful cowbell ringers this year. When your team scores as much as the Falcons do the vocal cords can get pretty worn down by this time in the season without some assistance.

Thats funny.:notworthy:

I have seen refs warn home teams when they play music over the PA while the game was going on or right before the snap. I was told by a ref once that once the whistle blows there can be no band or PA music.

"More Cow Bell"

 

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

Thank you Bruce Dickinson

So, are they just making it up when PA announcers before the game instruct the crowd that artificial noisemakers are not allowed (a rule/request that is ignored widely)?

 

The words "noise" and "loud" do not appear anywhere in the NFHS rulebook. I don't know where people think the authority to quiet noisemakers comes from. I do have a question for you though.

 

:sssh: Are artificial noises louder than real noises?

My understanding is that there isn't a NFHS rule on this, however, the KHSAA has a rule prohibiting the use of artificial noisemakers at KHSAA sanctioned sporting events. I have seen this enforced (and ignored) at football, basketball and baseball games in KY. Usually ignored much more than enforced. About the only time I have seen it enforced was when someone used it to intentionally distract the opposing team (EG during a play, when a pitch is thrown, etc).

 

However, I will check to make sure my information is accurate. Often, it is up the AD at the host school to enforce this. The officials have plenty enough on their plate.

 

In baseball, the umpires will definitely stop the game if you play music during play. What's funny is compare that to what you see at a u of L baseball game or a Bats or Legends game? There is a lot of stuff going on between pitches.

 

Basketball- use of the artificial noise makers is prohibited and many times the officials had to tell the schools game management to collect the noisemakers before the start of the game.

 

In football, I think Highlands had a case where the Elder band played during the play and the officials "asked" them to stop. Nothing in the rules and you are removed more from the fans.

 

Maybe the St X fan base can buy up all of the airhorns in the state next time Trinity plays Ballard. I would hate to have our poor Shamrocks have to listen to nothing but Coach Coverdale and Beatty.