Jackets pre game

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Kansas Ref

*Well, based on what you're saying, I must say that I am surprised by the cordiality extended to you by those personnel in that they would care for your clothes like a servant. But hey don't take it the wrong way OK, I should be enamored by such!

What do you think we do with the jackets?

[grunewar]

Most of our games include someone from our association on the clock. We just give them our jackets and they put them on the back of their chair and hand them to us at half time. We usually don't put them on as we depart at half time.

If we don't have a clock op, we give them to someone at the table. Never had a problem.

I like wearing the jackets prior to the game. It's the way we do business.

[DRJ1960]

Every so often a score keeper will drape my jacket over their chair... while wearing about $50 of $2 perfume.....

Originally Posted by johnny d

Really, two/three guys standing on the sideline wearing matching jackets, watching the players warm up is staying undercover?

No, but I think stripes catch the eye more than black jackets.

Plus taking off my jacket makes me feel like a superhero taking off their street clothes.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by AremRed

No, but I think stripes catch the eye more than black jackets.

Plus taking off my jacket makes me feel like a superhero taking off their street clothes.

I keep asking for a phone booth.

[Smitty]

We don't wear jackets at all during the regular season here in North Texas. I wish we did, but it's just not done. We did have to buy them because we will be wearing them for playoff games. Seems silly to only wear them then, but whatever - I just do what I'm told.

[Kansas Ref]

Originally Posted by DRJ1960

Every so often a score keeper will drape my jacket over their chair... while wearing about $50 of $2 perfume.....

lol @ your jacket reeking of knockoff brand liz taylor perfume

[Kansas Ref]

Originally Posted by Rich

What do you think we do with the jackets?

Well, I guess now I do know what you do with them!

[Rich1]

Originally Posted by Smitty

We don't wear jackets at all during the regular season here in North Texas. I wish we did, but it's just not done. We did have to buy them because we will be wearing them for playoff games. Seems silly to only wear them then, but whatever - I just do what I'm told.

In my area jackets are required for all varsity games, otional at other levels.

[Welpe]

Down here they are required but I've seen crews opt to go without them anyways. Now that nobody seems to be making TASO embroidered jackets, I have a feeling they're going to start going away as we get more new blood in the organizations. Or they'll require a special, $75 jacket similar to what they're doing to us in football.

[JMUplayer]

If the objective is they look sharp and that's the main reason i'm hearing shouldn't they have been updated sometime in the past 20-30 years. My dad wore the same ugly style jacket in the 80s.

For $75-$100 i can get a much nicer under armor or nike warm up that actually looks good/current.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by JMUplayer

If the objective is they look sharp and that's the main reason i'm hearing shouldn't they have been updated sometime in the past 20-30 years. My dad wore the same ugly style jacket in the 80s.

For $75-$100 i can get a much nicer under armor or nike warm up that actually looks good/current.

At least the shiny "trash bag" style jackets that button all the way up the front have mostly disappeared. I started in 2007 and that was what I had then. I wore it for a year and got a Smitty zip-up non-shiny jacket.

I would love to wear a more athletic looking warmup though. I like the NBA jackets. NBA now selling referee jackets | Crossover Chronicles

I like the NBA uniforms in general really.