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Old Fri Feb 04, 2011, 10:20am
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My crewmates refused to wear white shorts, but they've embraced black ones. Go figure.
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Old Sat Feb 05, 2011, 01:10am
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I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?
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Old Sat Feb 05, 2011, 08:34am
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I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?
Ohio switched to black shorts optional just last season. 2011 will have black shorts only, and (still) only for subvarsity.
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Old Sat Feb 05, 2011, 10:27am
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I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?
It's regional. When I lived in the south, it was black. Here, it was white. Last year the rule interpreters said black was OK and then the state office came around a month later with a bulletin that said THEY'D never said that. When I emailed the interpreter about this, he never returned my email. Since we spent money on the black shorts on the word of a rep of the state, we continued wearing them, as did everyone else I know.
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Old Sat Feb 05, 2011, 11:33am
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We switched to black this past season. I had always advocated black, until I saw a color game photo of myself. I failed to realize just how ghostly pale I was/am.

I wear shorts when working outside and had been to the beach with my child a couple of weeks prior to the season starting so its not like I wasn't getting any sun.

We've gone with black shorts, black ankle socks, and of course, black shoes. Maybe white socks would have helped in the transition

While we're on shorts, shorts are passe' in softball so the age old coaches shorts we all know are dead. The only brands I can find online now are Honig's and another brand carried by some official suppliers called Teamwork. Both are cut pretty tight across the seat and seem rather cheap.

Any ideas?
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Old Sat Feb 05, 2011, 11:41am
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In South Dakota, they have mandated the black pants for inclimate weather only. We had some crews who were wearing them for all games, and the SDHSAA came out and said that if this continued that we would no longer be able to wear the black pants at all. I'm hoping this changes as our crew loves the black pants. As far as the shorts go, they would come in handy to clean up any beer spills on the trip home from the game. Other than that, they'd be pretty much useless.

As far as the white hat being the crew chief, I'll say this. Anyone who attempts to sit in the front seat other than me when riding to or from the game is in BIG trouble !!!
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Old Sat Feb 05, 2011, 12:03pm
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I thought white shorts were lacrosse. Isn't football all black shorts -- where they are worn?
As Rich said, it is regional. In my old association in California, we wore white shorts. Here we wear black.
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