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Originally Posted by Tim C
My aren't I glad that evaluators in my area worry about your umpiring rather than personal views of uniformity.
How sad . . . but WWTB taught us what to expect from a certain area of the USA.
And if tomorrow the MLB guys changed to wearing them "untucked" you would support that position from that day forward.
Sad, really sad!
Regards,
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The bottom line is all officials in all sports are expected to "look the part." Many of those standards good or bad come from the higher levels. A lot of what football officials do is based on what is acceptable at the NFL or Division 1 levels. There is a reason you do not see officials wear short sleeve shirts and then have a turtleneck hanging out of the sleeves of the shirt on a football crew. As a basketball official, we wear similar styles from what we see in the NBA or Division 1 level as well. You do not see the Byron collar anymore at all levels of basketball because it was made a standard at the higher levels. The thing with football and basketball, there are not many variations to the uniforms that we wear in those sports. In baseball there are all kinds of combinations and different styles that we wear on the baseball field. That is just a reality to the any level of officiating. Some areas are going to be much stricter than others.
Also I have never been told to wear a jacket that is designed to be tucked in to have it tucked in. I have only tucked in a jacket that is designed for that purpose.
Peace