Basic lightweight pregame jacket recommendations...?

[tnolan]

I assume most would scoff at this jacket...but it is very lightweight, sharp, and doesn't look like it was made in 1972.

https://officiallysports.com/index.c...17&page=detail

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[deecee]

Originally Posted by tnolan

I assume most would scoff at this jacket...but it is very lightweight, sharp, and doesn't look like it was made in 1972.

https://officiallysports.com/index.c...17&page=detail

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not for basketball.

[tnolan]

Originally Posted by deecee

not for basketball.

says who?
browse to Basketball/Pregame Jackets...

[deecee]

Originally Posted by tnolan

says who?
browse to Basketball/Pregame Jackets...

How many varsity officials have you seen wearing all weather jackets with ties at the bottom?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by tnolan

says who?
browse to Basketball/Pregame Jackets...

This is where I agree that we should wear a basic style the same, but to match the exact jacket is silly.

Just like we all do not wear any type of striped shirt, we wear a V-neck shirt in most cases, but the fabric might be slightly different from one person to another. Or we wear pants without belts, but no one cares if we wear Sansabelt vs. Gerry Davis Pants or even Honigs as long as you look basically the same.

Peace

[tnolan]

Originally Posted by deecee

How many varsity officials have you seen wearing all weather jackets with ties at the bottom?

just one.
and he's done multiple state playoff games in 3 different districts and never heard a word about it. (pssst, it's me)
so, all this "get the right jacket if you want to advance crap" is silly.

NOW - if my assignor, district rep, OR governing state association noted that it wasn't approved...then that'd be a different story.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

This is where I agree that we should wear a basic style the same, but to match the exact jacket is silly.

Just like we all do not wear any type of striped shirt, we wear a V-neck shirt in most cases, but the fabric might be slightly different from one person to another. Or we wear pants without belts, but no one cares if we wear Sansabelt vs. Gerry Davis Pants or even Honigs as long as you look basically the same.

Peace

+1 what he said.

[deecee]

SO the logic is that the outlier is that one official has taken this path and it's worked for him so it should work for anyone?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by tnolan

just one.
and he's done multiple state playoff games in 3 different districts and never heard a word about it. (pssst, it's me)
so, all this "get the right jacket if you want to advance crap" is silly.

NOW - if my assignor, district rep, OR governing state association noted that it wasn't approved...then that'd be a different story.

I cannot speak directly for your area, but working playoff games of some kind is not always a tacit approval of everything an official does. There might be other factors. But I would be concerned if only one person is doing something and is not overly successful to everyone else around them. It might be a coincidence what jacket he wears compared to what he does in the playoffs.

Peace

[tnolan]

Originally Posted by deecee

SO the logic is that the outlier is that one official has taken this path and it's worked for him so it should work for anyone?

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I cannot speak directly for your area, but working playoff games of some kind is not always a tacit approval of everything an official does. There might be other factors. But I would be concerned if only one person is doing something and is not overly successful to everyone else around them. It might be a coincidence what jacket he wears compared to what he does in the playoffs.

Peace

the ability to advance based on one's jacket was brought up.
i simply stated how it hasn't affected me in that aspect.
the OP can take or leave that. i far from suggested that he has to buy this jacket to advance OR that my jacket caused me to advance OR that i'm puffing my chest from how many games i've done.

the OP asked for recommendations. and even tho he stated: our board frowns on "personal choice" kind of thing.... It's not a really big deal.
i just gave him one a suggestion based on his thread title.