Shirts (Poll)

[eyezen]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Required by whom? The only authority that matters is the guy who assigns my games.

Snaqs:

In the particular case that Zoochy is referring to, one assignor in our area exclusively uses officials from a local association that is IAABO affiliated (board 173) and requires the IAABO patch for his games.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by eyezen

Snaqs:

In the particular case that Zoochy is referring to, one assignor in our area exclusively uses officials from a local association that is IAABO affiliated (board 173) and requires the IAABO patch for his games.

Gotcha.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by eyezen

One assignor in our area exclusively uses officials from a local association that is IAABO affiliated.

One? Implying more than one?

Here in the Land of Steady Habits, the entire state is 100% IAABO, as far as high school games, private prep school games, and many middle school games, are concerned. The state is divided into five local boards, pretty much divided up along county borders. Within each of the five local boards there is one, and only one, assignment commissioner, hired by each of the local boards, and that assignment commissioner assigns all high school games, private prep school games, and many middle school games, in that local board's geographic area.

Outside of recreation leagues, travel teams, etc., we never, ever, work with an official who is not an IAABO official from our local board. This even includes state tournament games, when crews are assigned by the state interscholastic governing body, with all members of that crew of two, or three, coming from the same local board.

Underneath our warmup jackets, that do show some local variations, we all look exactly the same. IAABO emblem on upper left of chest. American flag patch on middle of upper back. One exception, here, in my little corner of Connecticut, belts are neither encouraged, nor are they discouraged.