Use Your Pink Whistles This Week ...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

Why not say pink? It is not hard to pronounce, it is not mulit-syllable.

I have never understood why we can not use the real color of the jersey. Schools are proud of their school colors. Are there really any of us referees so tongue tied that we can not say orange or yellow or pink?

If the players, fans, coaches, or admin are going to get upset with me for using a color that takes slightly less energy to say, let them. They're going to have a better reason to be mad at me before the game is over anyway, and they'll forget all about it.

If my partners started saying "purple," I'd probably join them, but this is an area where it's just as easy not to stand out.