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Originally posted by CLAY
It has nothing to do with what I would wear to an interview.
Wearing belted or beltless pants does not have anything to do with your ability to officiate a basketball game. To watch officials draw attention to themselves pulling and tugging at the beltless pants all through a game. Belted pants that fit well look as good as a beltless pant. To see a person who is over weight, belly sticking over the waistline and in beltless or belted pants is not pretty. So in this case it would not matter what the over weight official is wearing he is not going to look good, but that does not make him less of an official. just like the pants, they do not make you less of an official.
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Clay,
I would absolutely agree that what kind of clothes you wear to an interview has nothing to do with how you can or will be
able to perform the job. However, I WOULD argue that what kind of clothes you wear to an interview has MUCH to say about how much you
value the opportunity to work at that business. I think this concept can apply to officiating as well.
How many D-I and NBA officials wear belted pants?? If you wanted to be promoted to the NBA level, would wear what the NBA officials wear? If you wanted to be promoted, I think you probably would. If you wanted to be promoted to the D-I level, would you wear the same things the D-I officials wear? I think you probably would.
What about high school? If an official wanted to move up into the state tournament...or advance in the tournament, should that official dress appropriately? I say, "yes". Now what exactly is that? You'd have to look at your region/area and how the best officials dress.
If all abilities are equal and the only thing that separates two officials is that one looks to be more modernly dressed, I say the modernly dressed official gets promoted.