American Flag on Your Uniform....

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Canned Heat

Sorry...didn't catch that reply, Rich. And like I said, I think they should be mandatory, and I think they look good and dress up the uniform with a bit more class. Two of my guys are military vets, one is a police officer, I have 2 family members overseas right now and between the 2 crews I either run or work with, there are another 6 currently in the military. I know that's not how you meant it, but the flag supposedly being a bother is a shame in it's own right.

I do think it's a bother, but that's not it -- I have one basketball shirt with a flag so I match my partners. But I'm the CC on my football crew and we'll never put flags on our football shirts.

I do not need to wear a flag patch to be patriotic. I do not need to advertise my patriotism (or religion or anything else...). I think the trend of wearing flags on officiating uniforms is unnecessary and unfortunate and, well, a violation of the flag code, to boot.