New College level jackets?
 

I was my first college game in over 1½ years and almost didn't realize the officials were at the game because they had on new (to me) black jackets with white stripes where the sleeves meet the shoulders.

Is this the new thing for college officials now? Looked kinda sharp to me. :cool:

Yes those jackets are new and yes they are ugly.

I wore mine for the first time tonight. Besides someone making more money, I would just like to know why they had to change in the first place.

Stat,

You are kind of late. We have talked about these jackets several times in the past few week. :D

http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...hlight=Jackets

http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...hlight=Jackets

http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...hlight=Jackets

This is the oldest I can find.

Peace

Rut:

What can I say since I spent 3 straight days after I got off work at a college soccer tournament. Makes me realize why I prefer indoor sports in the fall months. :D

I wasn't expecting to do any college games this year until a local school contacted me about filling in temporarily while thry try to find a new stat intern. Heck, I'm stil trying to get used to the new NCAA rule and stat changes.

My Travelpro roller bag looked over stuffed because this years jacket takes up twice as much room more than last years. I store mine in a plastic bag now because I saw my partners white stripes got really dirty after 2 games.

I dislike my new CCA jacket. :mad:

I don't use one, but I have a really hard time getting over the old jacket. I think they look a lot better!

I'm sure that you will get over your.....um.....er......<i>attachment</i> to your old jacket one day. There will be other jackets, I'm sure. I'm sure that one day you'll find that one <b>special</b> jacket.

Feel better now?

That was just an awesome, dare I say, magnificent attempt at empathy.

But you must give poor Tanner a break. He feels a certain attachment to <B>all</B> of his gear. That's why he brings so much with him to every game. I have it on good authority that, even though his first game isn't until tomorrow, he started packing his gear last week. Even so, he may still not have time to work up to that optimum level of gear that he demands. One can only hope that for his sake they start manufacturing those PODS containers in larger sizes.

I'll bet he still forgets his whistle.

If you get that larger check, I bet you will get over whether to wear this jacket or not. :D

Peace

Nope, not a chance.

He has a large number of each type of whistle. What we use as a bag for all of our equipment, he uses that size bag just for his whistles. He's got 'em all: Dolphins, Classics, Mini's, Pearls...(but no Minnie Pearls that I know of. Even though there's room enough in his trunk...hey, has anyone seen Minnie recently?!?... :eek:)

Is this so he can match his partners?

Probably.

It wouldn't surprise me if he has red wig in there somewhere so he can match when he works with me. ;)