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Old Fri Dec 10, 2010, 10:52am
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As far as patches go, they just this year are requiring patches in Texas, and they just this week "sold" us the mandatory patches ($5 each - complete ripoff), so not everyone has their patches on their shirts yet. Next year it should be easier to tell who is patched, but for now lots of people, including myself, don't have their patches on yet.
As RookieDude's apparent sarcasm notes, patches mean nothing. I'll bet I could go online and buy an Illinois patch right now if I wanted one. Here, it's IAABO patches, and they're always worn for varsity games. JV games, we wear them 99.9% of the time. Not sure on MS games.
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Old Fri Dec 10, 2010, 11:03am
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As RookieDude's apparent sarcasm notes, patches mean nothing. I'll bet I could go online and buy an Illinois patch right now if I wanted one. Here, it's IAABO patches, and they're always worn for varsity games. JV games, we wear them 99.9% of the time. Not sure on MS games.
I totally missed the sarcasm - I guess my reading comprehension needs some work, too.

But since they charge $5 per patch here, that should eliminate most of the people who want to mimic a high school official for the fun of it.
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Old Fri Dec 10, 2010, 11:09am
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As RookieDude's apparent sarcasm notes, patches mean nothing.
Yes...I was being facetious.

In fact, around these parts, many times we will have a crew where some of the officials have patches and others do not. (I use to carry along a patched shirt and a non-patched shirt so we could match...heck, at state tournaments I have brought pleated pants and non-pleated pants so the crew would even have the same pants if possible)

Some are to lazy to put the patch on or are to cheap to buy another shirt...so they use their black and white college shirt with no patch.

On another note...we have the option, in our association, to use gray shirts or black/white. (As long as the whole crew use the same of course)
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Old Fri Dec 10, 2010, 11:12am
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On another note...we have the option, in our association, to use gray shirts or black/white. (As long as the whole crew use the same of course)
We have the same option for sub-varsity, although gray shirts are mandatory for Varsity. Which makes me also remember that patches are also only mandatory for the gray shirts, so sub-varsity games will often have guys in stripes with no patches, so I guess I'll just work with anyone who shows up.

By the way, I was instructed by my association that they would have backed me either way if I chose to work with the coach or not, but they said it would have been perfectly fine to let the coach ref.
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Old Fri Dec 10, 2010, 11:26am
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Yes...I was being facetious.

In fact, around these parts, many times we will have a crew where some of the officials have patches and others do not. (I use to carry along a patched shirt and a non-patched shirt so we could match...heck, at state tournaments I have brought pleated pants and non-pleated pants so the crew would even have the same pants if possible)

Some are to lazy to put the patch on or are to cheap to buy another shirt...so they use their black and white college shirt with no patch.

On another note...we have the option, in our association, to use gray shirts or black/white. (As long as the whole crew use the same of course)

Geesh, by definition it should be 'uniform'. In Illinois, no patch and you really stand out. In fact I can't remember not seeing an unpatched shirt in a HS game at any level. Sloppy.
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Old Fri Dec 10, 2010, 11:28am
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Now the worst part is this coach can forever claim he was an official.
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Old Fri Dec 10, 2010, 11:30am
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Geesh, by definition it should be 'uniform'. In Illinois, no patch and you really stand out. In fact I can't remember not seeing an unpatched shirt in a HS game at any level. Sloppy.
I agree...

but, not all officials have our appreciation for decorum.
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Old Fri Dec 10, 2010, 11:32am
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Opposite in Wisconsin - If you have a patch other than an American Flag and you stand out. We've been "clean" shirt for years.
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Old Sat Dec 11, 2010, 12:52am
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Geesh, by definition it should be 'uniform'. In Illinois, no patch and you really stand out. In fact I can't remember not seeing an unpatched shirt in a HS game at any level. Sloppy.
I know you'll be shocked, but I used to work at least 6 games a year in Illinois sans patch. We all came down from WI and none of us wore a patch. Nobody ever said a word about it.
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Old Sat Dec 11, 2010, 01:24am
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I know you'll be shocked, but I used to work at least 6 games a year in Illinois sans patch. We all came down from WI and none of us wore a patch. Nobody ever said a word about it.

Hey, you never see how grown men dress in Milwaukee? They figured they'd give a pass to you cheese heads.

I know your stance on patches, believe me, people noticed you weren't 'patched' but you were uniform which is all that really counts.
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Old Sat Dec 11, 2010, 10:31am
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Believe me, people noticed you weren't patched.
Agree. Here, in my little corner of the Constitution State, newbies, even though they have passed both the written test, and the floor exam, don't get their patches until the end of the season at our season wrap up business meeting. I've been sitting in the bleachers observing junior varsity games and have heard, on several occasions, "He doesn't even have a patch", from the peanut gallery.
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Old Sat Dec 11, 2010, 02:30am
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I'll bet I could go online and buy an Illinois patch right now if I wanted one.
Don't know about that. If I remember correctly (and I should since I'm a resident), the IHSA stopped making the patches altogether. Some guys now have the logo embroidered on the shirts, either on the sleeve or the left breast area.
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