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Old Mon Jan 07, 2013, 01:06am
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
The reason the standard of all black shoes is stupid is becuase hardly anyone makes all black shoes anymore. And it is even harder to find a leather shoe on top of that. And since shoes are very personal in the style or confort, it is really hard to always get a shoe that fits everyone's needs and then be all-black.

That is why that standard is stupid. I do not care what the rulebook says when they need to get up with the times. And all those rules anyway vary by state which is why I see officials in other states wearing grey shirts or other garments that are not in the rules.

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You make it sound a lot harder than it is...there are several all black shoes out there of many different fits. The only reason to insist otherwise is the "personal in style" reason. And that really isn't a good reason.
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