Please ditch the blue pants

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I will agree, there should be one and only one uniform, but the sanctioning body which registered you for this game and is providing benefits facilitating your task, has every right to demand they you wear their uniform.

Back when ASA included the navy over heather, all I was hearing from OKC staff was that this was an effort to help the HS & college umpires who had to buy additional uniforms for those games.

Well, I don't know about anywhere else, but HS games & college games pay 2-3 times what ASA pays per game. Seems to me, those working more than one association should be able to afford the extra uniforms. Instead, IMO, ASA is placing an undue burden on those umpire who exclusively work that association's games should they be assigned to a national in an area where powder over navy is not prevelant.

Yes, "the sanctioning body which registered you for this game and is providing benefits facilitating your task, has every right to demand they you wear their uniform" is true; but if they weren't all so turf-happy we could all wear the same.
It's not a question of affording it, as it being a waste of money, which could be used for something useful. Like buying the UIC a cold one.

[bkbjones]

Just to throw in another .5 cents, here the default uniform is powder blue over heather grey. If the umpires want, they can wear navy over heather grey.

We have quite a few Canadians come down and umpire with us. I love that Carolina Blue color of their shirts, but they do not like the shirts. They are sweattraps for many of them.

We do not force them to match us when they come down...most have only navy slacks.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by bkbjones

Just to throw in another .5 cents...

Wow! You must have money to throw around. That's about three cents too much!