Jackets pre game
 

What's the point of wearing them?

I know it's been done in the past forever but does that mean it needs to be done forever in the future?

We are inside.... Most guys i know especially under 40 (90% or more) would just rather go without.

Unfortunetly i dont see it changing anytime soon.

I don't understand it either. Especially having to pay $65 for it, and only wearing it for like 20 minutes a night.

Not all of our gyms are warm.

I'm a fan of the jackets. Always have been. One game fee and a jacket should last for years.

Jacket opinions around here are not age dependent.

We're, What You Call, Experts ...
 

It looks professional. Why bother to wear black socks? Does it really make a difference in how well you officiate? Of course not, but it's part of the "package". For the past thirty-three years, and, hopefully, several more to come, they could tell me to wear a cummerbund, and I would. Let's see, games fees over several decades, for the cost of a few jackets (or cummerbunds)? Easy decision. Plus, without the jacket, where would I keep my inflation pin?

Optional in NCAAW. I always vote NOT to wear it.

I have a suggestion.

I have some gyms that are real cold and I put it on at halftime.

I would rather wear jackets than not wear jackets. They look sharp and not every place is warm as stated.

Peace

Nice! Post of the day.

I like jackets, they keep me comfortable in drafty gyms and look sharp. I like being undercover a bit until the tip -- I think just wearing stripes can be distracting during pregame warmups.

In his little corner?

I agree, jackets have been de riguer, and I've never bothered to ask why it is necessary. I prefer to wear mine at the proper times (pregame, half time, post game), I like the quasi-anonymity it provides---tho everyone knows I am the ref tho ( I mean what else would that guy standing at halfcourt talking with another guy dressed the same way be doing aside from reffing the game? lol). I do like the warmth it provides during halftime and the cover it provides quick juant to my car after the game tho.

I never put mine on at halftime.

Matter of fact, I take mine off and fold it inside out before giving it to the table personnel to keep dirt off of it. Mine gets washed rarely. I never wear mine after I've worked, so there's no sweat put in it.

There is a "why" for everything. That does not mean that "why" is something you have to like. Players wear warm-ups and not their uniform on the outside. We do the same. And we have an option just like the teams or the players. Not sure we need a specific reason one way or the other.

Peace