Glasses

[John H]

Originally Posted by zebraman

Actually, the "perception" is kept alive by assignors, coaches, athletic directors, state tournament observers, other officials, fans etc. etc. ......

It sucks, I agree. But perception is a huge part of officiating. I'd love to be about 6'4" instead of 6'0" but that isn't going to happen so I work on the things I can control like fitness, mechanics, athletic movement etc. Wearing contacts instead of glasses is one thing I can control too.

You may find a few officials who are able to work very high levels with glasses on, but that doesn't mean the perception doesn't exist. As others have said, show me some premiere D-1 officials or NBA officials who wear glasses.

Z - I'm 5' 10" and also have some facial hair(stash) My goal was to someday work at the district final level(done ) and never had a goal of working D1 or NBA(although I have done some D-3 ). So...I still think I'll go with wearing the specks Thanks for your opinions