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Originally Posted by RichMSN
I have a pretty standard dress for before hand -- khakis, dress shoes, button down shirt or nice sweater. Other officials here in Wisconsin will wear jeans and sweatshirts and pretty much anything. No "official" code here, but my football crew wears no jeans, etc. either. We feel we're being "evaluated" the second we arrive, so dressing nice helps.
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Concur with above. First impressions mean a lot.
Our association's minimum dress code is business casual - No Jeans, no sneakers, no sandals, no sweat suits.
In my experience (sub-varsity) - those who do show up for a game in uniform or "dressed down" are the same one's who don't really look at this as a profession - i.e, how they look in their uniform, when they show up for a game (10/15 min early), don't care about pre-games, relaxed signals, don't hustle as much, etc.
How is this enforced? Depends on your Association.
Just my $.02.