Black Jerseys

[referee99]

Had a partner over the weekend for CYO 6th grade game. One team had black uniforms with red accents. This team had two black players and a black coach. He wanted to call them "Red" during the game. I told him to get real. Go with "Black shirts" if you have an issue.

I suppose this may be an issue for some people out in the world. Is there protocol in other parts of the officiating world? Non-white officials not wanting to call home team "White"?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by referee99

Had a partner over the weekend for CYO 6th grade game. One team had black uniforms with red accents. This team had two black players and a black coach. He wanted to call them "Red" during the game. I told him to get real. Go with "Black shirts" if you have an issue.

I suppose this may be an issue for some people out in the world. Is there protocol in other parts of the officiating world? Non-white officials not wanting to call home team "White"?

First I have ever heard of something like that. I'm color-blind. I like when teams have black uni's. Teams with dark red or burgandy get called "black" by me.

[RobbyinTN]

Sounds like the coach has issues. I would have went with "black" was well. Fortunately I have never had this come up.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RobbyinTN

Sounds like the coach has issues. I would have went with "black" was well. Fortunately I have never had this come up.

Not the coach; his partner.

[Welpe]

You should have suggested using "achromatics" or "total absorption".

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

First I have ever heard of something like that. I'm color-blind. I like when teams have black uni's. Teams with dark red or burgandy get called "black" by me.

Makes me feel a little better for calling Maroon, Red.

[bob jenkins]

I've had games where the team with predominantly white players wore black jerseys, and the team with predominantly black players wore white jerseys.

Everyone (players, coaches, officials) smiled the first few times fouls / violations were called. Even a few fans chuckled. By the middle of the first quarter, it was a non-issue.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by referee99

Had a partner over the weekend for CYO 6th grade game. One team had black uniforms with red accents. This team had two black players and a black coach. He wanted to call them "Red" during the game. I told him to get real. Go with "Black shirts" if you have an issue.

I suppose this may be an issue for some people out in the world. Is there protocol in other parts of the officiating world? Non-white officials not wanting to call home team "White"?

Silly. Just silly.

[JRutledge]

I guess I would have a problem every game as many that wear the white are white people. Or if I give a timeout and give it to the coach that is white there would always be a problem. Or the one time I call the coach that happens to be Black, and say "Timeout, white coach" the ceiling is going to fall. I guess some folks have to be upset about something.

Peace

[Treeguy]

I still find it strange that when I do the tip, a black player wearing black and a white player wearing white, and I go black going this way and white going that way.

[just another ref]

I played in an independent tourney many years ago. Both teams showed up in the same color gold jerseys. Our team was all white. Their team was all black.
Officials identified us as "black" and "white." Nobody seemed to have a problem with it.

[RobbyinTN]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Not the coach; his partner.

you're right - I misread it

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by just another ref

I played in an independent tourney many years ago. Both teams showed up in the same color gold jerseys. Our team was all white. Their team was all black.
Officials identified us as "black" and "white." Nobody seemed to have a problem with it.

I love it.

Few things anger me as much as racism, but when we get excessively sensitive to it, it doesn't lend much to the end game of equality.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by richmsn

silly. Just silly.

+1000

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I've had games where the team with predominantly white players wore black jerseys, and the team with predominantly black players wore white jerseys. Everyone (players, coaches, officials) smiled the first few times fouls / violations were called. Even a few fans chuckled. By the middle of the first quarter, it was a non-issue.

Originally Posted by just another ref

I played in an independent tourney many years ago. Both teams showed up in the same color gold jerseys. Our team was all white. Their team was all black. Officials identified us as "black" and "white." Nobody seemed to have a problem with it.

Just like God, Dr. Naismith, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. intended it to be. This would be a pretty boring planet if we were all the same color.