New grey shirts

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

Has anyone found a situation in which there is a uniform conflict where the black and white stripe shirt does not provide adequate differentiation between the referee crew and the players?

Yikes! No. I've seen issues in soccer, but never personally in basketball that I can recall. Have you really?

[Texas Aggie]

There was a time in the Big 8 that the refs wore the grey's

Those were an old version of the gray shirts. They were the same double knit poly material as the regular shirts were (at the time) and also had a zipper, but no byron collar. The Big 8, Metro, and Southwest Conferences, among maybe another 2 or three, wore the shirts. The ACC guys wore a different gray shirt (don't know details of material/style, but remember it on TV) that was more like the NBA shirt. This went on for 2 seasons and the NCAA changed the rule to "black and white striped" shirts.

The stripes have never looked good on TV, but maybe now that the lighter gray really can't be worn as a uniform, the NCAA might consider adopting it.

[Texas Aggie]

you must buy 9 different

While certainly not as many as in soccer or even baseball, we still have guys with 4: no side panel with and without flag, and side panels with and without flags.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

While certainly not as many as in soccer or even baseball, we still have guys with 4: no side panel with and without flag, and side panels with and without flags.

Again this is an area thing; I do not have a single shirt with a flag. It is not a requirement. The shirt thing falls at the feet of each association and I am sure there are associations that do not allow all those kinds of shirts in soccer either.

Peace

[Texas Aggie]

I realize its an area thing, my only point was that having more than one or two shirts isn't THAT unusual.

I wish we'd ditch the flags and go side panel. My SP shirts have a stretch material that help keep my shirt tucked in without various other "tools."

[OHBBREF]

This year womens NCAA formally said no to NCAA - or that is what was said to us a meeting.
We still wear them for the ORCC but as with Soccer that sets us up for having to carry 3 shirts per game, if the crew isn't communicating, and if there are Flags involved it could get up to six.
(I use a glue on flag so I only have to carry the flag and the glue not extra shirts.)

I really do not want to carry any more stuff in the bag - so no more shirts.

by the way the Big Ten uses the Grays for Wrestling now. and I think they did for one season in mens BB about 10 yrs ago,

[BillyMac]

In Connecticut, we have a choice of two shirts. A black and white striped shirt, or a white and black striped shirt. I personally prefer the white and black striped shirt. It accentuates my physique.

Originally Posted by OHBBREF

by the way the Big Ten uses the Grays for Wrestling now. and I think they did for one season in mens BB about 10 yrs ago,

If I'm not mistaken, the entire NCAA went to grey for wrestling, because I've seen it in the Big 12 (Nebraska fan here), and in Division II (Nebraska-Omaha and Nebraska-Kearney fan here). We get a lot of wrestling on our public TV channels here, between Nebraska and Iowa. Geee, I wonder why?