NJFOA - "No shorts"

[BigJWalt]

Originally Posted by tpaul

I just returned from a meeting and found out that our main rules maker for NJ Football Officials has made a new rule that shorts cannot be worn at any level of play. This did not go over well in this meeting. How do you guys feel? What are the uniform rules in your area?

Here is our league rules.

Varsity, JV and Freshman - shorts for scrimmmages only.
Pop Warner, no shorts after October 1st.

Yeah its hot, but the players work in the heat all week, I think I can do it for 2 hours.

[Texas Aggie]

We do shorts for Spring Games, if any, and scrimmages only.

I think some of, if not all, the Saturday pee-wee (anything lower than Jr. Hi.) games most of the guys I work with do allows shorts. If our chapter allowed shorts in, say, jr. high games as a crew option, I doubt anyone I work with would take them up on it. The problem is shorts differ much more than knickers do. Last night in the spring game I worked, all 5 of us had on differing shorts, and for the most part, it was pretty obvious. Then you get into things like sock lengths and stuff like that.

[Bob Mc]

So, You guys all going commando? Oops, you mean the OTHER shorts.

[grantsrc]

No shorts for anything. And I can't imagine that it gets much hotter in New Jersey than here in Missouri. Maybe a little more humid, but probably not much.

I saw a picture of guys working in shorts; it looks downright silly. They're wearing their entire uniform, regular official socks hiked up to the regular height, with shorts on. Com' on guys, does it really make that big of a difference? Are you really THAT much cooler?

Now the thing I would like to find out from those opposed to this new rule is, at what higher level do they see any other officials wearing shorts? NFL? Nope. NCAA? Can't remember that. I rest my case.

(sorry for the tone of the post, just saw X-men 3 and didn't like it)