Official's Facial Hair

[Chess Ref]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

The "it" in the first sentence can be glasses, facial hair, tattoos, piercings, wrinkled clothes, unshined shoes, ....

I've been following this thread for the last couple of days for entertainment sake, not realizing it may apply to me. I have sideburns. My wife kiboshed my thoughts of muttonchops but nevertheless I do have healthy sideburns. I like them. I have had them 25 years now. I'm keeping them.

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.