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a_greer
08-05-2006, 06:41 PM
New ref uniforms see the death of the zebra...and the birth of what looks like skidmarks on a white golf shirt...

luckily they are blind by default and thus will not object
http://images.theglobeandmail.com/archives/RTGAM/images/20060804/wnflref0804/0804nflref600big.jpg

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060804.wnflref0804/BNStory/Sports/home

Just for referance: here are the current ones
http://moogie.info/football/nfl/ref/085Hochuli98.jpg

God, I need football to start again so we get some good sports on the tube again!
Guybrush Threepwood
08-05-2006, 06:43 PM
They should make Holmgren wear one of those under armor ref jerseys...

Lol...
groverat
08-05-2006, 07:03 PM
That is absurd. Why do they have to just change crap for no reason?
groverat
08-05-2006, 11:38 PM
That gay ref is amazing. That is the greatest sporting official ever.

Not a damned thing wrong with some glorious showmanship. God bless homos!
rok
08-05-2006, 11:43 PM
Just for referance: here are the current ones
http://moogie.info/football/nfl/ref/085Hochuli98.jpg


i swear, ed hockuli (sp?) spends more time in the gym than half the nfl's rosters. i am betting he is the one with his back turned to the camera in the first photo, since he seems to be the only ref in that picture that seems to not possess a huge flab roll in that form fitting shirt. maybe this is some roundabout way the nfl is using to convince refs to start getting in shape more, and therefore be in position to see plays better? "hey, frank, seriously, you're going to be seen all year long in this thing. you think maybe you could do a sit-up once in a while?"

also, regarding hockuli. he's also one of the very few qualified and good refs in the league. whenever he's officiating a game, i just shut up and accept the calls. problem is, he's usually right, and so i never have anything to complain about. ;)
rok
08-05-2006, 11:53 PM
They should make Holmgren wear one of those under armor ref jerseys...

Lol...

personally, i think they should suit up, just like baseball managers. okay, not really, but the thought is pretty amusing.

actually, i miss the days when coaches actually wore suit and tie to the sidelines a la tom landry. mike tice tried to resurrect the custom with his vest-and-tie... pity he sucked ballz as a head coach (i said it from day one... it took the team and the rest of the league a few years to see it too).
Guybrush Threepwood
08-06-2006, 05:12 AM
i swear, ed hockuli (sp?) spends more time in the gym than half the nfl's rosters. i am betting he is the one with his back turned to the camera in the first photo, since he seems to be the only ref in that picture that seems to not possess a huge flab roll in that form fitting shirt. maybe this is some roundabout way the nfl is using to convince refs to start getting in shape more, and therefore be in position to see plays better? "hey, frank, seriously, you're going to be seen all year long in this thing. you think maybe you could do a sit-up once in a while?"

also, regarding hockuli. he's also one of the very few qualified and good refs in the league. whenever he's officiating a game, i just shut up and accept the calls. problem is, he's usually right, and so i never have anything to complain about. ;)

You're right. I love Ed. He may look like an NFL linebacker, but at least he's not as old as those NBA refs (Dick Bavetta, Joe Crawford, Bob Delaney) who look older than Mr. Burns. If Arnold can do it, why can't Ed Huckuli? Long live R85!!! :D
CosmoNut
08-06-2006, 09:02 AM
My first thought is that they look more like soccer refs.
a_greer
08-06-2006, 09:40 AM
My first thought is that they look more like soccer refs.
exactly; stupid, pointless, and a little gay...