FIBA to allow Israeli Orthodox basketball player to cover arms

FIBA has ruled that an Orthodox member of the Israeli women’s basketball team can cover her arms in competition. ” title=”RNS reports” target=”_blank”>RNS reports:

Shafir, who studied at the University of Toledo, helped the Ohio university’s Lady Rockets win the 2011 Women’s National Invitation Tournament last April. She has dressed modestly throughout her college career, and the team accommodated her religious needs, from kosher food to Sabbath observance.

FIBA will permit Shafir to wear skin-colored sleeves under her jersey. She said the solution will enable her to adhere to Orthodox standards of modesty while maintaining the spirit of FIBA’s dress code.

I wonder if FIBA would have allowed