I had a small college game up in Iowa once for a supervisor of officials who absolutely insisted that we only wear short sleeves. If he caught you wearing long sleeves, you did not get paid. He was an excellent supervisor who sent many guys on to the NFL, but he was a little dingy about this issue. It was about 10 degrees with a nice brisk wind. We ended up putting that Atomic Balm stuff all over our arms trying to get warm. Plus we looked like idiots out there with the short sleeves. It really doesn't inspire much confidence in the crew if walk out in that temperature wearing short sleeves.
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