Did the camp require pants or did you choose to wear them? This is a question that has plagued me for a long time. If the director does not require pants, does one wear them to stand out? Does standing out like this help or hurt you in the long run? Maybe it is a non-issue, I don't know. Thoughts anyone?

Most camps will either "require pants" or be "pants optional", in my experience. In "pants optional" camps, those who wear pants are probably just more comfortable wearing pants than shorts...I don't think they are trying to stand out.

By the sounds of Juulie's (I hope you don't mind me referring to you as Juulie) camp, it sounds like the pants were required.

My philosophy...if you look good in shorts and can wear them...wear em' :)

...just don't wear white socks, please! :rolleyes:

Every camp I've attended requires all officials to wear
pants. None of them requires us to wear long pants ;)

Is the "no white socks" thing a FIBA reqirement? South
of your border the "official" uniform when wearing shorts
is white socks.

To my knowledge I don't believe there is an "official" uniform that includes shorts. Most guys around here when wearing shorts wear black shorts, black socks, and black shoes.

[Edited by JeffRef on Jun 29th, 2001 at 02:55 PM]

Well, I guess it varies from area to area. I've never been to a camp that required long pants. In fact, the one or two guys who did wear long pants were even looked down upon to some extent.

White socks? Is there another color? Anytime we wear shorts, we wear white ankle socks.

Same here, Tony.

I have always heard (and done) the opposite. I heard an evaluator tell a guy to "lose your black socks in the summer." Everyone around me wears white.

My feelings exactly.

I agree. Long pants after April are dorky (to borrow a
term from my kids).

A lot of us dorks are still wearing quilted Carhartt bibs in April. :(

Usually the second question I ask when approached to do any league outside the regular season whether it is fall, spring or summer is: "full dress, or can we wear shorts." If we can wear shorts, I then ask if they require black sox and/or shoes. If not, I wear black shorts with white sox and shoes. The reason is that I can find white sox with extremely thick, cushioney soles, but I haven't been able to find black ones that way.

BTW - the first question isn't how much we get paid. It's whether or not we get free pop.:)

My philosophy...if you look good in shorts and can wear them...wear em' :)

I do

...just don't wear white socks, please! :rolleyes: [/B][/QUOTE]
What's wrong with white socks??
That's what we're supposed to wear with shorts. I actually wear knee socks...not for looks but because they help prevent my shin splints.

I don't mind being called Juulie, it's my name!

I was required to wear long pants to that particular camp. The reasons are a long story which I won't go into.

I always wear shorts if allowed, and prefer either white socks and white shoes or black socks and black shoes. The white socks and back shooes thing... well it hurts, but I do it if required (which I have been).

I think that black socks and shoes with shorts looks "dorky."

If I wear shorts, I always wear white socks. I think it is harder for someone to look athletic with black socks and shoes.

Just MO.

In my association, we wear black shorts and white socks (ankle high or crew(?) heighth for all summer rec games. I don't think I have ever seen an official wear knee high white socks. If it is AAU, we wear long pants. We were directed to not wear black socks (don't know why). We were also told to make sure your shorts are black -- not faded black that is almost grey! We were also told "No spandex", thank God! Some officials do wear compression shorts under their regular shorts.

I completely agree. Black socks do not look the least bit athletic. It looks like you changed from your suit and forgot to change the socks.