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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
Nobody in the stands or on the bench cares, or even notices, if we have white on our shoes. It's a silly standard.
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People notice. You can pretend they don't if it makes you feel better about choosing to look sloppy, but it doesn't change the reality.
If you wear non-black sneakers, white socks, non-black shorts, a belt, sneaks with noticeable white, etc., you look like a hack. Plain and simple.
There's no two ways about it and the dismissal of such a notion is only done by those who, for reasons all their own, choose not to conform to a very reasonable dress code.
You may very well officiate a terrific game, but it will be done to the unwitting end of combating a perception that you are a half-assed, slapdick official.