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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 03:57pm
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Anyone wearing the Gray Shirt??
If so, is it high school or college?
What feed back are you getting?? Thanks
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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 04:04pm
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Gray Shirts

Montana has allowed the use of the gray shirts since last season. Feedback has been good so far.
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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 04:24pm
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Many associations in Canada are switching from grey shirts to striped shirts.

If that tells you something.
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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 04:26pm
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Ya, that they have it backwards like most things.
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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 04:33pm
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I have one assignor that allows us to wear those shirts. But all of the stuff I am working for him is JUCO. The Junior College Athletic Association lets their officials wear these shirts. No one else allows these shirts to be worn. I love them and would not be unhappy if everyone changed in the future.

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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 04:35pm
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There's a reason for it.

Not every manufacturer has the same definition of grey. The Honigs greys, and our other supplier's greys didn't match in colour. Now when you've got a 3-whistle crew, all in a different colour shirt, it looks horrible. This year we switched to stripes, and I can't tell the difference from one shirt to the next. Black and white are only black and white.
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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 04:43pm
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I agree with the "uniformality" of uniforms. Good point. I would like to get our association to standardize on specific pants, jackets, shirt vendors, etc. for this same reason. I think we should all look exactly the same.
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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 04:45pm
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Originally posted by ref18
There's a reason for it.

Not every manufacturer has the same definition of grey. The Honigs greys, and our other supplier's greys didn't match in colour. Now when you've got a 3-whistle crew, all in a different colour shirt, it looks horrible. This year we switched to stripes, and I can't tell the difference from one shirt to the next. Black and white are only black and white.
Hey, hold onto a black&white shirt long enough and you'll have a gray shirt!

btw, you mispelled "color".
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Old Mon Nov 22, 2004, 04:47pm
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Yeah, one Juco conference I work in allows them. Well, not really allows them since that is the only shirt we wear. Also, we wear a gray shirt with the IAABO logo in one of the boards I belong to. Honig's gray that I got is Cliff Keen. My other gray shirts are Official's Choice. I like Cliff Keen's shirts even though they are slightly darker than the others. Official's Choice gets used a lot because they have the IAABO contract and people get comfortable buying other things from them. Let me tell you, if I had my choice it wouldn't be Official's Choice. That is just me. I have this crazy idea about paying for something and actually getting it or at least being told that it is on back order. Silly me!
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Old Tue Nov 23, 2004, 09:54am
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Well, my partner and I each bought two of these shirts. It was great last night, we worked a freshman girls game then a freshman boys game. In the first game (girls) we wore the black n white shirts.
In the second game, we came out in the gray w/pinstripes.

When we had our meeting with the coaches, he asked if we were the same two guys who worked the first game.

Those shirts are so lite and such. I love the look!

Here in Indiana, it is not approved but no one cares for freshman and below, we'll wear them when we want!
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Old Tue Nov 23, 2004, 03:21pm
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Yeah, one Juco conference I work in allows them. Well, not really allows them since that is the only shirt we wear. Also, we wear a gray shirt with the IAABO logo in one of the boards I belong to. Honig's gray that I got is Cliff Keen. My other gray shirts are Official's Choice. I like Cliff Keen's shirts even though they are slightly darker than the others. Official's Choice gets used a lot because they have the IAABO contract and people get comfortable buying other things from them. Let me tell you, if I had my choice it wouldn't be Official's Choice. That is just me. I have this crazy idea about paying for something and actually getting it or at least being told that it is on back order. Silly me!
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