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I really don't get the controversy over facial hair. It actually can be a benefit when officiating. Do you really think any coach is going to argue with this guy? BTW - that's me when I was just starting out.
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A word about unwritten rules: If it is worthy of being a rule, it should be worthy of being written somewhere. Facial hair is a negative thing in this instance because ........? Even so, if it is not allowed, tell me. Spell it out. You can be an official and have a card but you will not get varsity games. You can call all season and get rave reviews from EVERYONE, (yeah, right) but you cannot call in the playoffs. You can call all through the playoffs but not the state finals.
If you give me a state final to call, it will be over in a couple of hours. I have had a beard since 1980. Given the choice, I think I know what I would do.
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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." ![]()
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What's black and white, black and white, black and white? 1) a penguin rolling down a hill. 2) a nun rolling down a hill. 3) a zebra roling down a hill. 4) BillyMac, Jurassic Referee, or an other basketball official, rolling down a hill. What's black and white and red (read) all over? 1) a newspaper. 2) an embarrased penguin. 3) an embarrased nun. 4) an embarrased zebra. 5) an embarrased BillyMac, Jurassic Referee, or an other basketball official. Last edited by BillyMac; Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 07:47pm. |
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At the camp I went to this summer, one guy showed up looking like he just got out of bed after sleeping for 4 days. Which meant about a 4 day growth of beard. Thought for sure since it was Friday night, that Saturday morning, it would be gone. Nope. Same thing Sunday. As he was leaving, he told me he got the strangest comment from the evaluators suggesting he should shave his 'beard'. Who am I to 'one-up' an evaluator at a camp?
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If you don't have a college degree, you're not qualified to teach college classes. If you wear glasses, you're still qualified to referee basketball games. It just looks bad. A better analogy would be a college professor wearing bermuda shorts and a tank top to class. Doesn't make him any less qualified, but I'm sure it would be frowned upon and damage his credibility. |
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Our state's director of officials told a story at a banquet that I was at, and he told us that he showed up to a playoff game as well as an official that he has selected. The official had a face full of hair and he gave him the options of going in the locker room and shaving it off or going home.
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It *shouldn't* matter, but it does. You (we) can (and should) work to change the perception, but in the meantime, each official must decide whether s/he should change himself / herself so the perception doesn't apply.
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last night a varsity official commented on them and their "healthiness". Is it gonna hold me back. Doubt it. I'm 45 so anything beyond HS is probably outta reach, and I'm not that interested in doing the footwork to go beyond HS. I show up 45 minutes early for my games. I wear a nice , clean sports coat,tie,pressed shirt and polished shoes. My uniform is always pressed and clean. I am polite and have social skills. I hustle. I move closer than the division line when I'm Trail. I make a full faith effort on all my games to do an above average job. I keep it professional. I have a positive attitude. If "they" are willing to ignore all that cause I have "healthy" sideburns "they" are the ones with the issue. "They" were probably gonna find something wrong with me anyway. I'm keeping my sideburns even if I have to work Girls Frosh games the rest of my life. |
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