American Flag on Your Uniform....

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by Ed Hickland

Personally, I think on the back is retreat position, I want Osama to see me charging directly at his sorry butt proudly displaying the American flag.

To me the back is a strange place to put it. Maybe the trend started in 2001 when the MLB teams did it. I can't recall teams putting flags there before then.

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

Agree, completely. Unfortunately I work games in a state that thinks we can win the war on terror if only officials will wear the flag.

Kind of how I feel about it. But if my boss tells me to wear this or that, then...

Incidentally, I haven't seen any flags on HS officials in OR.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by ajmc

Can't say for sure about the officials in whatever State you work in, "Mr. Umpire", but your comments suggest there is at least one really smug, arrogant official in the mix who has no problem mocking all of his fellow officials and presumes to speak for an entire State.

Did your fellow officials actually tell you what they think, or is that just something someone so full of themself is automatically blessed with?

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

I would agree, and unfortunately he ruled that we all had to wear the flag.

As a side note, I've noticed people are losing their ability to recognize sarcasm.

[InsideTheStripe]

Originally Posted by ajmc

Can't say for sure about the officials in whatever State you work in, "Mr. Umpire", but your comments suggest there is at least one really smug, arrogant official in the mix who has no problem mocking all of his fellow officials and presumes to speak for an entire State.

Did your fellow officials actually tell you what they think, or is that just something someone so full of themself is automatically blessed with?

Seems as though you missed his point...

[BoBo]

One more little nuance to add to this is the flag on your uniform one with a gold border or a white border???

Couple years ago at our college clinic we were informed flags with the gold border should only be worn by veterans or those who served in the military and the white borders by others.

It was quite interesting but everybody agreed and honored that fact.

Something else for you all to quibble about

[Texas Aggie]

The gold/white officially makes this ridiculous. I thought the idea was uniformity. I'm all for recognizing veterans in the right situation, but on the football field doing a job isn't the right situation.