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Old Sun Oct 19, 2008, 02:05pm
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Most all black in my area for basketball. There's a little white coming in for baseball with the New Balance shoes.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 02:32am
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Down here it's all black. Our association actually does random uniform checks from time to time, so it's in out best interests to have all black everywhere we go.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 02:56am
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Most all black in my area for basketball. There's a little white coming in for baseball with the New Balance shoes.
It is hard to find shoes that are all black anymore unless you want to buy only patented leather shoes. I think that has a great deal to do with the change in perception of what is acceptable. Now you see officials wearing shoes that have a little logo on them unlike you would see several years ago and hardly anyone is saying much of anything about this issue.

I will say that I was at a Division 1 camp and this was made a big deal to those that had white on their shoes. It comes down to who you work for and what they think about this issue.

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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 07:18am
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Around here, our shoes must be all white. No black or navy logos.

Oh, sorry. I thought this was the volleyball forum. Never mind.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 09:08am
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Around here, our shoes must be all white. No black or navy logos.

Oh, sorry. I thought this was the volleyball forum. Never mind.
It's after Labor Day - you shouldn't be wearing white shoes anyway. Now, I need to talk to you about that white belt...

Around here, I've found the logos are more predominant among HS officials. At our NCAA conference meetings, we've been told, at least on the NCAA-W side, that the shoes should be all black - no white or colored logos, no colored soles, etc. Obviously, wear what is comfortable, but use a black magic marker if necessary.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 10:15am
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Does a Sharpie marker work best at coloring over the white or grey?
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 11:10am
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I was always a "black only" shoe guy until my all black shoes led me down the path to foot surgery. Now I am a "wear what works for your feet and amke them as plack as possible" guy. The shoes I wear are 98% black and I can't get color to stay on the other 2%.

Someone said something about it after I had changed to the new shoes and I told them that as soon as they paid to fix my feet, they could have a say in what I wore. Nothing has ever been said to me about it again.

Once again, do what the local association wants.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 11:14am
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amke them as plack as possible
Somebody's been sniffing the Sharpie!!
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Old Thu Oct 23, 2008, 11:41am
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I was always a "black only" shoe guy until my all black shoes led me down the path to foot surgery. Now I am a "wear what works for your feet and amke them as plack as possible" guy. The shoes I wear are 98% black and I can't get color to stay on the other 2%.

Someone said something about it after I had changed to the new shoes and I told them that as soon as they paid to fix my feet, they could have a say in what I wore. Nothing has ever been said to me about it again.

Once again, do what the local association wants.
I'm somewhat the same way - I was an all-black shoes guy until last year when I finally decided I just couldn't do 4+ nights a week without more support (I've got fallen arches and am a significant pronator) and the officiating-specific shoes out there just don't have what I need.

So, I have an all-black, patent leather pair for varsity games, and another pair of mostly black running shoes specific for my feet that I wear any sub-V games. I wouldn't hesitate to wear them for V games either, but they've got a mesh look to them that just doesn't look so good. But my feet sure like them.
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Old Thu Oct 23, 2008, 01:33pm
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I was always a "black only" shoe guy until my all black shoes led me down the path to foot surgery. Now I am a "wear what works for your feet and amke them as plack as possible" guy. The shoes I wear are 98% black and I can't get color to stay on the other 2%.

Someone said something about it after I had changed to the new shoes and I told them that as soon as they paid to fix my feet, they could have a say in what I wore. Nothing has ever been said to me about it again.

Once again, do what the local association wants.
I'm pretty certain my current shoes have contributed to the running injuries I experienced after my last couple sets of games. So I'm looking for a better shoe. Your response to the challenge on this makes sense. But I don't know if I have the chops or the street cred to get away with it.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 07:48am
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It is hard to find shoes that are all black anymore unless you want to buy only patented leather shoes. I think that has a great deal to do with the change in perception of what is acceptable. Now you see officials wearing shoes that have a little logo on them unlike you would see several years ago and hardly anyone is saying much of anything about this issue.

I will say that I was at a Division 1 camp and this was made a big deal to those that had white on their shoes. It comes down to who you work for and what they think about this issue.

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