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Nobody wearing a belt would get HIRED at the D-1 level. The same people making those decisions may or may not care about shoes. |
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But if there is a rule in the book for D-1 officials shoes, but some choose to disregard it "because they can get away with it," why is that okay? |
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Interesting: 12/13 book says: 2.1. ART. 1 The official's uniform shall be a black-and-white striped shirt, black pants, entirely black shoes and socks. When did this change? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
I'm looking at the 15-17 Officials Manual.
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The belt people crack me up.
Basketball officiating pants are sold beltless. The people I see wearing belts around here are wearing Dockers or pants with white pockets or pants that fit poorly when it comes to running up and down a basketball floor. I asked someone once why he didn't buy pants specifically designed for officiating. He told me he could get the pants he bought for $15 at Sears. Enough said. He just didn't care enough to buy the right pants. Same guy was still wearing a 100% old-style polyester shirt, which anyone with any sense stopped wearing YEARS ago. I know of one official who worked at a high level in the last 15 years wearing a belt -- Blane Reichelt -- and he retired in 2005. The new pants out in the last few years (the 4-way stretch pants) are super comfortable and look good and I just don't understand why anyone wouldn't just buy them. |
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Rich, have you tried shoekicker.com for those AirMax?
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I worked in an area where even the highest level varsity officials wore belts: there was no local supplier (mid 2000s) who sold the beltless variety. When I asked the local sporting goods guy why he didn't sell them (a small isolated metro area of about 100,000), he said there wasn't enough market for them. Too many officials could go to Target or Sears and get a cheap pair of dress slacks for $15.
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