What about hair grooming?

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by zebraman
Appearance standards are going to be differnet depending on where you live. Even what is considered "professional" as
different standards when you cross regions of the state, let alone country.

To a point, but some things are pretty obvious so let's not get ridiculous. Show me a D-1 male ref with a ponytail. For that matter (apparently with the exception of the post that started this thread), show me a male ref with a ponytail that even gets high school varsity games.

Z

You do not see very many 250 pound officials at the D1 level, but you see them all the time at the HS level. Almost everyone at the meeting I attended Sunday was dressed in a suit or a very nice outfit. I see varsity officials show up in T-shirts and jeans. Hell I worked with some guys last year that had on sweats for our College game that we did. So as I said, "professional" standards are very different from area to area. There is much more to professionalism than what type of hair style you have on your head or face. You see a lot of things at the D1 level that you almost never see at the lower level college and HS varsity level.

Peace