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[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

We cannot compare the type of lanyard each official uses to what type of pants we wear. There has never been an abolition of wearing a neck lanyard to my knowledge ever.

Nor has there ever been an abolition on belted pants. The situation is exactly the same. It's a question of style. If 95% of D1 officials suddenly went back to belted pants next season, so would most of the rest of us. This is exactly what happened with pleats and the new wide-stripe shirt. The lanyard is exactly the same kind of situation. Pure style.

it seems like it is much more acceptable for African-Americans to wear mustaches rather than other races of people.

Agreed. But even more acceptable is not to have any facial hair at all.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Nor has there ever been an abolition on belted pants. The situation is exactly the same. It's a question of style. If 95% of D1 officials suddenly went back to belted pants next season, so would most of the rest of us. This is exactly what happened with pleats and the new wide-stripe shirt. The lanyard is exactly the same kind of situation. Pure style.

I did not say there was an abolishment of anything. Actually you can wear anything you like and technically fit the uniform. There are just things that are much more standard and if you wear those standards, hardly anyone will ever complain about that item. Belt less pants fit are an acceptable standard.

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Agreed. But even more acceptable is not to have any facial hair at all.

Once again, that depends on who you are. I have had a mustache my entire career and I have never had anyone say anything about it. It has never appeared to hurt me work anything. I will just reference Danny Crawford (NB), Donny Gray (D1 and sometimes cuts his off), Gerald Boudreaux (SEC Supervisor of Official and Final Four Official during his career). Most African-American D1 Officials seem to wear a mustache and this includes the ones that work the Final Four and other NCAA Tournament games. My point is this is not a deal breaker issue.

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