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"And the point is, the umpire I'm talking about didn't just "happen" to get D-1 assignments. Back in the day, being a D-1 umpire was really not that big of a deal, and nobody cared what an umpire looked like. That is a more recent phenomenon. Now it's all about how purty the umpire looks, not whether or not he can umpire a friggin' tiddlywinks contest, which is how I equate many of the D-1 umpires I've seen lately. He was assigned good games because he was a good umpire all around, and was well respected by coaches and administrators everywhere."
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Steve this might be the FIRST thing you have written in this thread that I agree with . . . In my "olden" days even "D1" schools didn't overly react to uniforms, shoes, hair, and tatoos. That is not the case today.
While I strongly disagree with your statement that "Being bigoted against long hair went out in the 1960s" isn't true. It simply isn't true.
There are still specific trades and professional jobs still don't allow long hair.
Sorry Steve -- I have my standards and IF I were King no umpire with a ponytail would work playoff level games.
That being said: my GF has plenty of ink and it has never stopped her from getting modeling jobs.
BTW, see me (in all my largeness) in the Season Ending January episode of
Leverage.
And Jesus is not on our roster of eligible playoff umpires. (What a trite arguement -- I expect more from you).