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The death of knickers (I hope)
Uni Watch Another Nail in the Knickers’ Coffin?
This should eliminate the argument that black pants are inappropriate for warmer nights. Hopefully this trickles down to the HS level (here in WI) in a couple of years and I can throw out the knickers for good. We only wore them for 4 of our varsity games last year -- we wore shorts or black pants for all of our subvarsity games. |
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I was going to buy another pair of knickers this season but I think I'll wait now. I'm hoping this change is adopted sooner rather than later here in this state.
I look forward to the day when I can tell the rookie officials "When I started, we wore knickers and striped socks."
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Week 1 this year will be the first time I will miss a game (I'm working a baseball tournament in Maine). Someone else will wear the white hat and life will go on. |
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Actually tapered cuffs make a lot of sense. Elastic bottoms (sweat pants) would also help putting one's heel through the bottom of the pants that ride down from all the running.
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In reality, what people wear comes down to what the assn mandates. And the assn only mandates nickers, short sleeves, and long sleeves (along with socks, shoes, hats etc). Heck, we don't even have blue bean bags, despite all the snow, since the board (state and local) can't agree on that. (And we all know that blue bean bags are only a problem in Boise, so I don't know why there is such opposition.) |
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We do need a lighter weight version of the pants. I'm not one to buy into the myth that dark colors are automatically hotter than lighter ones (dark colors absorb more LIGHT, not necessarily more HEAT; the material makes 99% of the difference), however the thick material Honigs black pants that I have would be pretty hot in August -- at least hotter than similar pants with a lighter weight material. Lighter weight white knickers usually meant the black stripes of the shirt showed, but with black pants, that's no longer a problem.
I HATE knickers. I don't think they look bad per se, but I hate wearing them. I also think this would steer most of us in the south toward shorts in early season subvarsity games. Honigs already has the 2" shirts on their site, and you can have the shirt made with a letter already on the back -- no placard, its part of the shirt. How long before 2" comes to HS? |
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Word on the street is that the Gerry Davis and Cliff Keen black pants are a lighter material than the Honigs. I wouldn't be surprised if Honigs is also developing a lighter weight version.
Aggie, how long before you think TASO will adopt the 2" stripes and black pants?
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The other thing is that the pants will make the shorts a little more acceptable for subvarsity wear. The real problem with the shorts isn't because shorts look bad, but because too many guys wear the overfitted basketball shorts. If we can get them semi-uniform, you might even see them on Friday nights in early season. Last edited by Texas Aggie; Thu Feb 03, 2011 at 11:19pm. |
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