Old school

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

"It isn't worn out, yet."

Wow. Someone cheaper than me. I still wear one of my very first warm up jacket to Catholic school middle school games. It's an unlined, black, windbreaker. The insignia was silk screened and the whistle fell off, leaving just the lettering. It's got to be at least twenty-five years old.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Wow. Someone cheaper than me. I still wear my very first warm up jacket to Catholic school middle school games. The insignia was silk screened and the whistle fell off, leaving just the lettering. It's got to be at least twenty-five years old.

I've still got one of the original IAABO black and gray jackets with the old IAABO crest still on it from when they first came out with them. It's at least 35-40 years old.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I've still got one of the original IAABO black and gray jackets with the old IAABO crest still on it from when they first came out with them. It's at least 35-40 years old.

Wow. Mine was blue (back in the blue pant days) and gray, and actually fell apart. Gray piping on the sleeves, and neck, just wore through. I did salvage the the IAABO emblem off the jacket, and still have it.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Wow. Mine was blue (back in the blue pant days) and gray, and actually fell apart. Gray piping on the sleeves, and neck, just wore through. I did salvage the the IAABO emblem off the jacket, and still have it.

The original IAABO jacket was black with gray trim. It's successor was the deep blue with gray trim that you had. I've got one of those too. Part pack-rat, I guess.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

The original IAABO jacket was black with gray trim. It's successor was the deep blue with gray trim that you had. I've got one of those too. Part pack-rat, I guess.

The preferred pant color with the "in crowd" was black (kind of like the more modern belt versus no belt debates), even though IAABO allowed us to wear black or blue pants. I did wear blue pants once when I forgot to pack my black officials pants in my bag, and happened to have worn blue pants to my day job that day. The blue pants actually looked better with the gray jersey with blue piping than the black pants. But I wanted to be one of the "cool" guys.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Wow. Someone cheaper than me. I still wear one of my very first warm up jacket to Catholic school middle school games. It's an unlined, black, windbreaker. The insignia was silk screened and the whistle fell off, leaving just the lettering. It's got to be at least twenty-five years old.

Actually, that sounds relatively new. I still wear my Springfield YMCA sweater that was given to me by Dr. Naismith to games. I also carry an extra peach basket in my buggy.