Uniform

 Uniform

The official uniform for the NCOA Football Sacramento area is as follows:

a. Shirt: Standard black and white vertically striped shirt, long tail, complete with black collar and black cuffs. It will have a pocket on the left breast. Each official shall have both a long sleeve shirt and a short sleeve shirt. The crew will all wear the same style shirt.
b. Pants:
Knickers: Standard all white, regulation football knickers with belt loops shall be worn overlapping the knee but not more than three inches.
Shorts: Optional for hot weather. Standard all white, regulation football shorts with belt loops. Shorts worn underneath the shorts may not extend below the game shorts.
The crew will all wear the same style pants.
c. Socks:
With Knickers: Northwestern Style one-piece tube sock.
With Shorts: Plain white sweat socks that are about five inches above the ankle.
d. Shoes: Black shoes with black laces and the appropriate soles and cleats.
e. Belt:  Black belt at least one inch to a maximum of two inches wide.
f. Hat: Black officiating hat for all officials except the referee. The referee will wear a white hat. There will be no logos or emblems on the hat.
g. Undershirts: A solid black undershirt shall be worn under the striped shirt. In hot weather, a gray undershirt may be worn under the striped shirt. In cold weather, a long black sleeve turtleneck may be worn under the striped shirt.
h. Jackets: A jacket is optional; however, if worn, it shall be a standard black and white striped jacket with black edging at the collar and black cuffs.  
i. Whistle: All officials shall be equipped with a game whistle and a spare whistle. The whistle shall be on either a lanyard or a finger mount and shall be black in color. A tooth protector is recommended on all whistles.  
j. Penalty Flag: All officials shall be equipped with two solid gold penalty flag, which measures 15” by 15 “. It should be weighted with sand, beans, or other non-injuring type material. The flag should be concealed inside the back pocket or in front, inside the belt.
k. Bean Bags: All officials shall be equipped with two bean bags measuring 2” by 4” or 3” by 3” to be used for marking spots.
l. Down Indicator: Every official shall be equipped with a wristband that is used as a down indicator. It may be white or black.
m. Field Ball Position Marker: The umpire will be equipped with a field ball position marker to aid them in returning the ball to the proper spot on the field after incomplete passes, penalty enforcement, etc. It may be white or black. 
n. Game Card & Pencil: All officials shall be equipped with a game card and pencil to record scores, timeouts, penalties, ejections and other critical game information.
o. Chain Clip: Every official should have a chain clip to be used by the chain crew for keeping accurate placement of the chains during the game.
p. Watch: The back judge and the line judge shall be equipped with watches capable of timing the 25-second ready for play and the interval of timeouts. The watches should also have the capability of running from 12 minutes or less to 0 seconds with the ability to start and stop on demand. It is recommended that every official have a watch with this capability.
q. Coin: The referee shall have a coin with clearly marked front and back sides to use for the coin toss. It would also be used at the beginning of overtime. 
r. Ball Towels: The umpire shall have at least two ball towels with him when he takes the field. The purpose of the towels is to keep the ball dry between downs on wet nights.
s. Officials Card /Coaches Evaluation: The referee shall present to each varsity head coach an official card with the names and positions of the officials and a coach's evaluation form that the head coach will/may complete and return to the Group Leader.
The decision as to wear shorts versus knickers and short sleeve shirt versus long sleeve shirts will be decided by the referee.
 
Football Official's uniform shall be clean and in good condition.