New Gray officiating Shirts

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Originally posted by rvboaref
This may be a stupid/petty question but, are there any states out there that are allowing their high school officials to wear the gray officiating shirts?

The NFHS Manual (Page 10) states that: "Standard black/white vertically striped" shirts are the approved uniform, and our state has chosen to follow that interpretation to the letter, not allowing anyone to wear the gray shirt. We actually had officials fined last year for wearing the gray shirts for high school contests.

Many of our officials feel that the gray shirts are very comfortable and look much better than the standard black and white. Just curious the see if anyone out there is wearing the new gray shirt.

We have worn the gray shirts for varsity games in Arizona for several years. We are going back to black and white this year. Most officials are glad for the switch, other than having to buy new shirts. The gray shirts were nasty. They wrinkle badly and really show the sweat.