Beards/travel expenses

[rockyroad]

How many of the refs with beards end up doing the State tournaments up there? How about the championship games? Just wondering...called a friend of mine who is a successful coach of a small school in Anchorage (won State Champ not long ago) and asked him what he would think if two refs walked in and one had beard and other didn't. He said his first thought would be that the one without was probably the better ref...perception can sometimes be everything in this business...