Posted by Some things make me laugh because they are ridiculous. Like getting fined for dressing too well for the league rules (here).
Other things make me laugh because they are funny. Like the biggest German daily newspaper writing a story about it (here). The title of the story is ‘Joke Penalty”. I didn’t write it.
At Home On The Court 
I never thought your wardrobe could make the news Mark.
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any publicity is good publicity
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…but bizarre nonetheless!
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for us it’s great publicity. For the league i’m not so sure.
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Actually it is even more strict at a FIVB level. From the Referee Guidelines and Instructions:
“Team Official Equipment includes training suit and polo shirt or dress jacket, collared dress shirt, tie and formal slacks.
The team members (as approved in the Preliminary Inquiry) must conform to one of the following dress code options:
7.1 All to wear the team training suit and polo shirt of the same colour and style or,
7.2 All to wear dress jacket, collared dress shirt, tie (for men) and formal slacks of the same colour and style except the trainer who may wear the team training suit and polo shirt.
This means that if the coach takes off his/her dress jacket or training suit jacket, all the other officials must take off their dress jackets or training suit jackets at the same time in order to be consistently dressed.”
It is interesting that the Bundesliga has a different rule.
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