From the first two pages of this thread:
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Don't you guys provide locker rooms? Not sure why this would even need to be said. Then again again there are people that think going to games dressed is a good thing. I stand corrected.
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No one said it was a good thing, but some have said it is accepted and necessary at times in some areas.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Well it might be the norm, but I bet it is not expected by the assignor. I say that because a lot of guys that work those games, are working those games for a reason and their professionalism is one of those reasons. I would never come dressed to a game for so many reasons I have talked about before. They better put me in some office somewhere or I am not working the game. I am not coming out of the rain, snow or wind in my black pants that just got dirty from the outside elements. That is just not going to happen.
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How do you know? There are multiple varsity officials in this area that work 3:00 MS games in the fall that go to these games dressed. That doesn't mean they are any less professional. The coaches at these schools don't give a damn how the officials arrive. They are just glad that two people are there to work their game.
On the second part, no one said that YOU have to go to any game dressed.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
The reason you do not go to a game in a uniform, is the people that see you come in the court in your cloths think two things. They think you are coming from a game or you are about to go to another when you leave. Not everyone that goes and watches a game is knows all the situations in which you took the game and the first impression you give them is the one might make more decisions about you. I know officials that could not work other levels because of the professionalism they displayed when someone of significant saw them. At a JH or Middle school game, someone's kids are playing and if the right person's kids are playing or grandchildren, they might not give you a shot if they think you are not professional.
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I can tell you from experience that the people who are at the 3:00 MS games here do not care if you show up dressed or not.
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Just because everyone else does it is not a good excuse IMO. They better give me a room somewhere or I am not working. This is a choice. 
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Again, no one said that YOU have to arrive to a game already dressed.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
You can have personal standards that do not apply to everyone. Just because there might be people in my area that show up wearing jeans, does not mean we have to do the same.
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No one said that you do.