Gray officiating shirts.

[Multiple Sports]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Then you couldn't work in a small state in the north east!

Don't get me started!

Don't get you know who started......he has nothing else to do this time of the year, except his comic routine.....

[Multiple Sports]

Saw a couple guys with some serious man boobs use these shirts this year and you could see them sweat through the shirt !!!!!!

It looked pretty bad !!!!!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

Don't get you know who started......he has nothing else to do this time of the year, except his comic routine.....

What do you mean "this time of year?"

[Multiple Sports]

Was tryin to give him the benefit of the doubt....

Maybe he will listen to Jose Carrion a bit and change up his game or at least his uniform !!!!!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

Was tryin to give him the benefit of the doubt....

Maybe he will listen to Jose Carrion a bit and change up his game or at least his uniform !!!!!

The triumph of hope over experience....

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Then you couldn't work in a small state in the north east!

Yes he could. Here in the Provisions State, we're an equal opportunity employer. All genders, races, ethnic groups, nationalities, religions, and sexual identity groups, can officiate. You can wear beltless slacks, or you can wear belted slacks, as long as the belt is black. You can wear flat pants, or pleated pants, as long as they're black. You can be bald, balding, or have a full head of hair. You can wear plain leather shoes, or patent leather shoes, as long as they're all black. You can be tall, short, or anywhere in between. You can use a Smitty lanyard, a noose lanyard, or no lanyard, as long as you use a Fox 40 whistle, or something that sounds similar. Yes, we do have a very liberal uniform policy here, but hey, Connecticut is often described as the bluest state in the Union.

Just one thing. It's kind of important. You have to be able to officiate basketball. If not, we will discriminate against you.

And don't even think about showing up for a high school game with a college jacket.

[Texref]

Here in Montana we can wear both, however I wore my grey once for varsity in two years.

[4-40]

Gray shirts are not allowed in high school games (by either the boy's association or the girl's union) in Iowa, but they are required for junior college games.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Thanks everybody who replied and a special thanks to BillyMac for his historical input to the thread.

MTD, Sr.

[Rich]

Thankfully, WI allows exactly one shirt. Stripes. I've seen people sweat through the grays and that looks terrible.

Wide stripes? I'd like to see them on me before I pass judgement. I like how they look when I wear them for football.

[constable]

In Ontario it varies by local association. Some wear stripes, some wear greys ( plain, without the pin stripes) and some wear the FIBA shirt.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Thanks everybody who replied and a special thanks to BillyMac for his historical input to the thread.

C'mon Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. You must have an old photo somewhere, maybe up in your attic, of you wearing a gray IAABO jersey, with a blue Byron collar, blue piping on the sleeves, and a blue stretch band on the bottom of the jersey. You can share it with us. We promise not to laugh. Well, at least I promise not to laugh. Also, IAABO is ninety years old. So what was it like to officiate back when IAABO was in it's infancy?

[Texas Aggie]

And don't even think about showing up for a high school game with a college jacket.

That's the only jacket I've used at HS games over the last several years. I got a "new" CCA jacket the year before they went to the striped sleeves and just overlayed the state patch when we changed state orgs a few years back. First year was simply a safety pin job.