Official's Facial Hair

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by MajorCord

Seeing Padgett's picture (if that is really him) brought this question to my mind. Do your official's associations have regulations concerning facial hair (women excluded )?

Around here, if you have facial hair, as in this picture, you don't get any varsity games. Just curious what your experiences are.

When more women start officiating past menopause, they might include them as well.

Rita

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by MajorCord

Seeing Padgett's picture (if that is really him) brought this question to my mind. Do your official's associations have regulations concerning facial hair (women excluded )?

Originally Posted by Rita C

When more women start officiating past menopause, they might include them as well.

How old are you, Rita? Still got a few years left? Without getting too explicit, I"ll just say about myself, that I'll let you know in a few months or so how that all works out.

[canuckrefguy]

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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by MajorCord

Seeing Padgett's picture (if that is really him) brought this question to my mind. Do your official's associations have regulations concerning facial hair (women excluded )?

No, but we have regulations concerning anything that fugly. We don't use officials that make small children cry and the townspeople break out the torches and pitchforks.

[JoeTheRef]

When I think about facial hair, I was excluding mustaches. I wear a very thin one, but now that I think about it, it seems like everyone in my college association shaves theirs during the season. My college website is down right now so I can't look at all of the offcials pictures, which is required on our website. I know had a couple of strands of hair on my chin and was told that I needed to shave before my games. I use to have to shave once every other week but now I make sure I shave the night before every game.

[biz]

The first association I reffed in had more rules and regs. than I care to remember. One of them was no facial hair except for a well groomed mustache.

My current association has only a rule that officials will look "professional."

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

No, but we have regulations concerning anything that fugly. We don't use officials that make small children cry and the townspeople break out the torches and pitchforks.

ROFL!!

[mbyron]

If my facial hair's like this, can I advance?

[MajorCord]

Around here, mustaches are OK, just no beards or goatees if you want to call varsity level.

Is this anybody on this forum?

[archer]

we have several European Americans that have side burns. We have a mexican american with a pencil mustache, and a antartic american with a full beard.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mbyron

If my facial hair's like this, can I advance?

No, but if it's like this, your odds are a helluva lot better...

I'm not sure whether the headband is illegal or not though.....

[mbyron]

Good point, JR. And you're right to worry about the headband.

I wonder about my suspenders, though?

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

No, but if it's like this, your odds are a helluva lot better...

I'm not sure whether the headband is illegal or not though.....

The sharp pointy parts could be problematic.

Reminds me of a joke.

A 16 year old boy with shoulder length hair went to his father, the local preacher, asking him if he could get his driver's license.

His father said, "Only if you cut your hair."

The boy said, "But dad, Jesus had long hair."

To which his father replied, "Yes, and he walked everywhere he went."

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

No, but we have regulations concerning anything that fugly. We don't use officials that make small children cry and the townspeople break out the torches and pitchforks.

HEY - I was framed, I tell ya.

[brandan89]

In our association and I believe throughout the whole state, facial hair is not allowed. Especially if you want a chance at getting a play-off game or making it to the state play-offs.