Shooting at wrong basket.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by letemplay

Also, do not give ball back to "yellow"...give it to "gold"

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

[bob jenkins]

At one time it was the standard. Now it's less so (but still common).

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable?

Easy answer: Because some of us our told to only use one syllable colors, and some of us do what we're told. Check your local listings.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

One game we had orange vs Black. Partner absolutely refused to say orange, and kept calling them Red, no matter how much grief I gave him.

2 games later - same team, this time the opponent was red. I just looked at him and said, "OK, now what?"

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

One game we had orange vs Black. Partner absolutely refused to say orange, and kept calling them Red, no matter how much grief I gave him.

2 games later - same team, this time the opponent was red. I just looked at him and said, "OK, now what?"

Orange becomes Gold.

I'm a one syllable guy. Me being color-blind also contributes to my preferences.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Orange becomes Gold.

I'm a one syllable guy. Me being color-blind also contributes to my preferences.

Ugh! It was almost a Texas orange. If he had insisted on not using "orange" I hope we'd have landed on brown instead.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Ugh! It was almost a Texas orange. If he had insisted on not using "orange" I hope we'd have landed on brown instead.

I told you I was color-blind.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

One game we had orange vs Black. Partner absolutely refused to say orange, and kept calling them Red, no matter how much grief I gave him.

2 games later - same team, this time the opponent was red. I just looked at him and said, "OK, now what?"

Why two teams with dark colors?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Why two teams with dark colors?

Youth league - each team only has the one jersey.

(We had black vs dark blue - that was problematic.)

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

We had black vs dark blue - that was problematic.

Blue with white numbers versus blue with black numbers.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Blue with white numbers versus blue with black numbers.

Ugh.... Ok, I give! You win!!!

[jeremy341a]

When I was in school our home uniforms were gold with white numbers. The visitors showed up with gold with white numbers. They were different styles at least. Our team ended up wearing white undershirts under their tops. Many turnovers in that game.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

I grew up wearing orange, but now it's red. Why? Because this isn't an area I care to stand out with.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I see where you are going with this. Why do some officials not want to say the colors that have more than one syllable? Is it just due to the ease of saying the word or is there some other reason? I come from a school which has purple as one of their colors so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me. Although we were called blue much more than purple.

Purple is always blue.

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Purple is always blue.

We have one assignor who insists on accurate color descriptions -- claiming that referees should be smart enough to use two syllable words. i can tell you there are a couple "purple" teams who don't appreciate being called "blue" especially when "blue" is the primary color of the opposing team's road uniform.