Shoes again
 

So what's it like in your area? Are you seeing more officials with white stipes or swishes on their shoes?

The Land Of Steady Habits ...
 

Absolutely not. From the waist down, we're the "Men (and Women) In Black".

Those who also do some college ball, yes.

Those who just do HS, no.

nothing but black

Both HS & College officials wear the swooshes & Shox varieties. Nothing "crazy" seen by me...yet.

Similar situation here.

Peace

Most everything I've seen here is all black; even the Shox.

Where I am in the UK, it is all black - we are expected to polish it black if it is not already.

Some guys may use something else for a local recreation game but they will not pick up national games that way and it is known. Generally, we are expected to wear all black, even though it is getting harder to find, I get mine as an import from the other side of the pond (and hope that Customs don't hit my order with 19% import VAT :rolleyes:)

Some of both
 

Alabama changed to book to read "predominately black" shoes. Appartently, we have an option. That's a first.

Most all black in my area for basketball. There's a little white coming in for baseball with the New Balance shoes.

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.

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.

Peace

Around here, our shoes must be all white. No black or navy logos.

Oh, sorry. I thought this was the volleyball forum. Never mind. :D

I have a supervisor who doesn't mind white on the shoe, BUT either the entire crew has white or none of the crew has white.

It's after Labor Day - you shouldn't be wearing white shoes anyway. Now, I need to talk to you about that white belt... :eek:

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.