new high school shirts?

[Texas Aggie]

I still believe a lot of this is supplier driven to enhance revenue.

This is not only false, but if you uttered even the hint of this to a supplier, he'd probably bust your chops.

Do you know how many suppliers have knickers they can't give away? Texas suppliers will soon have a similar problem with not only the 1" striped shirts, but the 1" stripes that have sublimated (word?? sp??) logos on them that will not be used after 2015 AT ALL. You see where I'm going here? Suppliers do not care what we wear but have to manage their inventory to the extent that they want to know what to buy. They don't want to be stuck with gear they can't sell, but also want to have what they need when they get an order. That can be an extremely difficult course to manage.

The change is shirts is NOT at the bequest of the supplier. Guys need to quit asserting that.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

This is not only false, but if you uttered even the hint of this to a supplier, he'd probably bust your chops.

Do you know how many suppliers have knickers they can't give away? Texas suppliers will soon have a similar problem with not only the 1" striped shirts, but the 1" stripes that have sublimated (word?? sp??) logos on them that will not be used after 2015 AT ALL. You see where I'm going here? Suppliers do not care what we wear but have to manage their inventory to the extent that they want to know what to buy. They don't want to be stuck with gear they can't sell, but also want to have what they need when they get an order. That can be an extremely difficult course to manage.

The change is shirts is NOT at the bequest of the supplier. Guys need to quit asserting that.

I was told at a conference a few weeks ago that Honig's has over 25,000 pairs of knickers sitting in their warehouse - the source was pretty good too.

[Tom.OH]

Originally Posted by tjones1

I was told at a conference a few weeks ago that Honig's has over 25,000 pairs of knickers sitting in their warehouse - the source was pretty good too.

Maybe they can cut them and hem them to make shorts and dye them black...

[Rich]

Originally Posted by tjones1

I was told at a conference a few weeks ago that Honig's has over 25,000 pairs of knickers sitting in their warehouse - the source was pretty good too.

Dick Honig himself (at his clinic) joked that he could give us all a really good deal on knickers.

[zebra2955]

Heard from a very reliable source Illinois will NOT be changing shirts in the near future

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by zebra2955

Heard from a very reliable source Illinois will NOT be changing shirts in the near future

That has been stated rather publicly for some time now.

Peace

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by Rich

Dick Honig himself (at his clinic) joked that he could give us all a really good deal on knickers.

LOL... my source wasn't Dick; but it wasn't too far from him. He joked about that too. He also said he hopes there are a lot of throw back games scheduled for the future! haha

[jTheUmp]

My crew has actually (somewhat jokingly) considering donning the knickers for a game this year, since they're still an approved uniform.

And we've (even more jokingly) talked about combining the knickers with the 2 1/4 stripes.

Maybe if we get a state tournament game (which we won't... newly put-together-crew + first-year white-hat = no playoff games)

[Texas Aggie]

The knickers were not only the old style but old material. The new shorts are a much lighter weight material. I think Dick and the boys just need to dump their supply of knickers onto some third world country, or give them to an outfitter who will cut them off for shorts and THEN dump them on some third world country (except Louisiana). Who knows how many pairs of socks are still floating around in boxes.

As far as states and shirts, a bunch of states swore they'd never switch to black pants. Is there anyone that doesn't have at least a cold weather pants option? By the end of this decade, I'm betting the 1" stripe on football shirts will be all but obsolete. The one thing that may keep it going is pee-wee. New shirt designs will be state association adoptions to be worn for their games only, so guys working youth leagues on Sat. morning may still wear the 1s.

[Welpe]

That's a good point. Didn't TASO come out and say no wearing of the TASO patch for youth games?

I wonder if that will change now that they're requiring youth assigners to be officially recognized by a chapter for our insurance to cover us while working those games?