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It's just to make them stand out on the field of play. American sports teams don't wear vertical stripes on their shirts, so it makes the ref very easy to spot.
On a side note, the NFL refs no longer wear even spaced stripes. They couldn't trademark those, so they went to slightly shaped ones so they could charge video game companies licensing fees to duplicate them in games (yes, American sports are WAY ahead of Europe in terms of figuring out how to make every last penny possible - with the strange exception of sponsors on uniforms, which American fans find repulsive for some odd reason). You can see what I mean here:
Whenever I see te title of this thread I read it as stimulation
clubs and players are allowed to appeal red cards, you cannot however appeal a yellow card
He's hench! I didn't realise about the stripes (with regards to spacing), that's some serious money-spinning there.It's just to make them stand out on the field of play. American sports teams don't wear vertical stripes on their shirts, so it makes the ref very easy to spot.
On a side note, the NFL refs no longer wear even spaced stripes. They couldn't trademark those, so they went to slightly shaped ones so they could charge video game companies licensing fees to duplicate them in games (yes, American sports are WAY ahead of Europe in terms of figuring out how to make every last penny possible - with the strange exception of sponsors on uniforms, which American fans find repulsive for some odd reason). You can see what I mean here:
