New look
NFL referees will sport new uniforms this season
Posted: Thursday August 3, 2006 7:32PM
Updated: Thursday August 3, 2006 7:32PM
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Coming this fall to an NFL stadium near you: fashion-forward referees.
Gone are the traditional vertical black-and-white stripes that have been a staple of the league seemingly since its inception and which live on in Foot Locker stores and DJ booths around the country.
In their place is a flashier look that features wide white stripes and thin black stripes that flare around the shoulders and upper arms.
In addition to giving their annual lecture on rules changes for the upcoming NFL season, several referees debuted the new threads this week at
New York Giants training camp.
Not everyone was enamored of the new look.
"They should be riding on a horse at Saratoga," one spectator cracked Thursday while watching the officials oversee a practice session.
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