Uniform in SNF

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by cdoug

Does anyone know why the officials in the Eagles/Bears game tonight have black pants with white stripes on? I think I heard that it's raining there, is that why? And if so is this a new thing that goes along with the stripe on the "regular" knickers?

I believe it is a CC decision, though he likely accepts the opinion of the crew.

We can only surmise why they're wearing the pants - reasons that I know of are all weather related - such as cold or rain.

The pants came about last year, or the year before - I don't recall. They had the white stripe then. Why the knickers have the black stripe - I think it's because of the CFL influence, but JRut will tell you otherwise. (CFL brass told me that their talks with the NFL and the NFL supported the CFL new uniforms.)