Under your plate coat

[Rich]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Well let's see. I wear a WV Platinum and I don't cover it with anything when I wear my plate coat. I get compliments from coaches, players and fans alike. My assigner likes it, I like it and my fellow umpires like it.

Most of us belong to associations which sometimes dictate what we wear and how we wear it. Many of us are NCAA or ex-NCAA talk about dictating! Many of us here are also MiLB or ex MiLB. What I am saying here is that the majority of us on this board are intelligent enough to go with the right way of doing things. Those such as yourself may be lucky being able to dress as you wish, but for example, here in CT, if you want to work High School and above, you will be an association (one of 4 in the State) or you will not work! In addition to the association dictating, the State FED Board also has dress requirements that we have to follow.

I agree with your right to opinion to wear what you want. I am just saying that it is not the accepted way. If you want to wear a red shirt with clown makeup while doing the plate, that's fine. But I I also have the right (by doing this crap for almost 30 years) to tell you that anyone who wears a shirt over the CP when wearing a plate coat looks like a rank amateur but before you get all upset rest assured that you probably look do look good......... to another rank amateur.

JMHO
Mario

I guess I just don't understand why someone would pay for a plate coat and then not wear it the right way.