Shopping for Umpire Shirts
Whether you're refereeing soccer, basketball, football or baseball, you'll need to go shopping for your official umpire shirt at some point. There are standard colors and types of dress for the umpires in all of these games so that they can easily be distinguished from the players on the field and be looked at as the authorities to keep the game fair and following as close to the rules as possible. Check out some of the places below where you can purchase umpire shirts.
Your Local Sport Goods Store
Sporting goods stores literally sell everything that is sports related and as there are so many different leagues and teams in just about every community, these sporting goods stores will also carry umpire shirts, so that umpires everywhere can be dressed in a relatively universal, official garb. This is the first place you should check out as an umpire unless otherwise directed by your league, as you will able to get the shirt quickly, you'll be able to try it on and you won't have to pay shipping and handling prices if you order it.
Ump-Attire.com
Ump-Attire.com is one of the more professional websites for buying ump and refereeing attire out there, as they focus on only selling apparel for officials in a wide variety of sports. They have a 60 day return policy, and both name brand attire for umps and referees, as well as custom made one-of-a-kind umpire clothing that they can specially order for you. All of their products are also made in the USA.
The Official's Choice
Based out of Morristown, New Jersey is a homegrown umpire apparel company which has been in operation since 1993 and has been outfitting umpires and referees for high school and intramural sports. They have their own lines of custom-made umpiring clothes, making the umpires who wear shirts from The Official's Choice truly one of a kind.
