The death of knickers (I hope)

Rich

My crewmates refused to wear white shorts, but they've embraced black ones. Go figure.

Texas Aggie

I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?

mbyron

Texas Aggie wrote
I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?

Ohio switched to black shorts optional just last season. 2011 will have black shorts only, and (still) only for subvarsity.

Rich

Texas Aggie wrote
I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?

It's regional. When I lived in the south, it was black. Here, it was white. Last year the rule interpreters said black was OK and then the state office came around a month later with a bulletin that said THEY'D never said that. When I emailed the interpreter about this, he never returned my email. Since we spent money on the black shorts on the word of a rep of the state, we continued wearing them, as did everyone else I know.

HLin NC

We switched to black this past season. I had always advocated black, until I saw a color game photo of myself. I failed to realize just how ghostly pale I was/am. 😮

I wear shorts when working outside and had been to the beach with my child a couple of weeks prior to the season starting so its not like I wasn't getting any sun.

We've gone with black shorts, black ankle socks, and of course, black shoes. Maybe white socks would have helped in the transition 😕

While we're on shorts, shorts are passe' in softball so the age old coaches shorts we all know are dead. The only brands I can find online now are Honig's and another brand carried by some official suppliers called Teamwork. Both are cut pretty tight across the seat and seem rather cheap.

Any ideas?

REFANDUMP

In South Dakota, they have mandated the black pants for inclimate weather only. We had some crews who were wearing them for all games, and the SDHSAA came out and said that if this continued that we would no longer be able to wear the black pants at all. I'm hoping this changes as our crew loves the black pants. As far as the shorts go, they would come in handy to clean up any beer spills on the trip home from the game. Other than that, they'd be pretty much useless.

As far as the white hat being the crew chief, I'll say this. Anyone who attempts to sit in the front seat other than me when riding to or from the game is in BIG trouble !!! 😀 😀 😀

Welpe

Texas Aggie wrote
I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?

As Rich said, it is regional. In my old association in California, we wore white shorts. Here we wear black.

BktBallRef

RichMSN wrote
The Davis pants are considerably lighter. I could wear those in any weather -- they are truly like baseball or basketball pants.

Personally, I prefer them in cold weather, too. I'd rather put cold gear on under the pants then have the pants themselves be hot.

Agreed. layering is best. The Smitty slacks we purchased are no heavier than the Honigs basketball slacks I were.

Texas Aggie wrote
I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?

No. In NC, we have the option of black or white shorts in subvarsity. In fact, black shorts were only allowed as an option two years ago.

footballref

I bought a new pair of knickers this past season and never even took them out of the plastic. Guess I will need to wear them for the 2011 season, otherwise they could end up being a waste.

parepat

They'll have to tear my knickers from my cold dead body.......A thought that puts a smile on alot of local head coaches!

JFlores

I rather weark knickers than wearing white shorts.

umpirebob71

Wait...wait...I have the answer...black knickers!!! 🙂

Welpe

umpirebob71 wrote
Wait...wait...I have the answer...black knickers!!! 🙂

You mean these? 😮

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