OFFICIALS
American football and flag football referees must wear official uniforms: long- or short-sleeved referee shirts with 2-inch-wide black and white stripes—hence why they are called “zebras”—black pants with white side stripes. American football referees all wear a black cap, except for the head referee, who wears a white cap.
In addition to their uniforms, referees are equipped with a whistle, bean bags (to mark a spot), yellow flags (to indicate that they have observed a foul), a referee notebook containing two sheets (one listing penalty signals, one used to record scores, fouls, quarters, etc.), as well as the down indicator elastic and the chain clip. Whenever possible, they should also wear black American football referee shoes.
Properly equipped in this way, the entire officiating crew present at American football or flag football games will be easily identifiable by coaches, spectators, and journalists in attendance.
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OFFICIALS UNIFORMS
An American football or flag football referee must wear an official uniform to officiate at all championship games organized by federations affiliated with the IFAF (International Federation of American Football).
The uniform for the “ZEBRAS,” as they are called, must include:
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Pants with white side stripes and a belt
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Shorts with white stripes and a belt
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A long-sleeve or short-sleeve jersey with 2-inch stripes in two colors (black and white) on the sleeves, giving them a zebra-like appearance
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A black or white cap
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ACCESSORIES
When you are on the gridiron to officiate as an official during american football games, you must wear an uniform and have all accessories needed to flag the player: bean bags, yellow flags, down marker,...
You will find all accessories needed on our shop BRIDGE SPORTS created by Guillaume MARIGNAN in 2011. -
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