Captains Meeting Question, Part II--Illinois Officials

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

4. Belt-should be entirely black;

You gotta love the Land of Lincoln.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

You gotta love the Land of Lincoln.

A lot of things are "allowed" by the state you would never get caught wearing them for a particular (if not all) assignors. We are not your state, the state does not dictate what is required to get regular season games. I can tell you honestly, I see belts about a less as I see byron collar shirts, which is almost never. And usually these are not worn by someone that is not working any varsity and those that want to work varsity know better.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

A lot of things are "allowed" by the state you would never get caught wearing them for a particular (if not all) assignors.

My local board, my local interpreter (also the training coordinator), and my high school assigner, neither encourage, nor discourage belts. In thirty-four years, the only mention of belts has been, "If you're going to wear a belt, make sure that it's all black". Period, not another word, and I served several years on the training committee. That's the way it is. Here. I'm sure that it's very different in other places. And I fully accept that.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My local board, my local interpreter (also the training coordinator), and my high school assigner, neither encourage, nor discourage belts. In thirty-four years, the only mention of belts has been, "If you're going to wear a belt, make sure that it's all black". Period, not another word, and I served several years on the training committee. That's the way it is. Here. I'm sure that it's very different in other places. And I fully accept that.

Not only are you strongly discouraged to wear a belt, you might not get hired or get fired if you wear a belt. It is that simple. The state has nearly 6000 officials, they do not care what officials do at all levels, but they certainly do not hire official at all for regular season games. And there are no association that do any assigning (like around the country) and the IHSA is not going to give a darn what people wear in a freshman B game in a small town.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Not only are you strongly discouraged to wear a belt, you might not get hired or get fired if you wear a belt.

Great advice if I plan to move to Illinois (or any other state) but I don't, so I'll just do what is expected of me in Connecticut as long as I officiate here. If they change the uniform guidelines in Connecticut, you'll be the first to know, followed by me purchasing beltless pants.

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[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Great advice if I plan to move to Illinois (or any other state) but I don't, so I'll just do what is expected of me in Connecticut as long as I officiate here. If they change the uniform guidelines in Connecticut, you'll be the first to know, followed by me purchasing beltless pants.

Then why did you even mention what Illinois had written down? We know you are not moving.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Then why did you even mention what Illinois had written down?

Because I found it interesting.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My local board, my local interpreter (also the training coordinator), and my high school assigner, neither encourage, nor discourage belts. In thirty-four years, the only mention of belts has been, "If you're going to wear a belt, make sure that it's all black". Period, not another word, and I served several years on the training committee. That's the way it is. Here. I'm sure that it's very different in other places. And I fully accept that.

The uniform requirement in Wisconsin is "beltless slacks." This doesn't stop some people (mostly subvarsity) from wearing belts, but when I watched the rules video and this was mentioned, I thought of Billy.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

All right kids. Play nice!

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Rich

The uniform requirement in Wisconsin is "beltless slacks." This doesn't stop some people (mostly subvarsity) from wearing belts

It would certainly stop me. I do what my assigner, and my interpreter, tell me to do. Plus, we still have peer ratings here (soon to be done away with).

[j51969]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

You gotta love the Land of Lincoln.

optional orange belt is authorized during hunting season.