Longer Referee Shorts?

[imaref]

I'm looking for a pair of Referee Shorts that I can use in multiple sports. So far it appears that the Soccer folks have something closest to what I'm looking for. "A dressier look", if you will, that is functional for Volleyball and Basketball warm weather options.

The Olympus Basic and Deluxe brand of shorts are basically what I'm looking for....however, I'm hoping there is a model out there that combines the features of the Olympus with a longer "inseam" length. I am told that the Olympus model has a 5.5" inseam. I'm looking for ref shorts with a 7" inseam.

Any suggestions?

[JCurrie]

Soccer shorts are all going to be in the 5-6" inseam range. Longer shorts tend to bunch up when you run -- that's why you see marathon runners with 1" long shorts.

[Official99]

imaref,

i agree with you, we need longer shorts. someone has to sell "professional" style shorts with a length longer than 5 inches....

what about us guys that have very long legs and don't feel like scaring the rest of the world.

[Official99]

imaref,

i found our shorts:

https://www.fold-a-goal.com/incEngin...F&category=821

7in inseam... FINALLLLLLYYYYY

[refnrev]

You might want to try the old style coaches shorts that were popular in the 80's like the Bike brand coaches shorts. They're polyester, have 4 pockets, and nearly any sports equipment store can get them. The last time I priced them they were about 25 bucks. I use a longer short, but they are the looser more contemporary variety. They do have 2 pockets. I have to wear knee braces and the regular soccer shorts left about a 2" - 3" gap that looked totally stupid. Not 100% official, but 200% comfortable, especially over a pair of black compression shorts. They'd work very well for basketball and volleyball.