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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
... I know guys that go out and never iron a pant or even put a brush to their shoes - but thank God they aren't patent leather. At least they are following protocol!
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To quote you, "nice try."
From the NCAA umpire manual quoted above in this thread:
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If the first impression you give people is sloppy, disheveled or overly casual they will assume these character traits for you....
Your uniform is the only thing in umpiring that you can always get 100 percent right. But you cannot get more than 100 percent. Uniform means alike, the same.
If you do something differently with your uniform–wear a patent leather belt or shoes, press your shirt differently–then you are no longer uniform, and instead of the 110 percent you hoped to achieve, you are now down to about 75 percent. ...
Get your uniform to 100 percent. Clean and polished shoes, clean and unwrinkled shirt, clean and pressed pants, clean and blocked hat, and clean, uncracked and polished belt are the requisites of a uniform at 100 percent. Maintain it there.
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Seems to me the NCAA put patent leather in the same category as a wrinkled and dirty uniform, didn't they? That is, a uniform that is less than 100%.