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Clothing in sports is highly regulated. For example, FIFA's Equipment Regulations are a hundred pages long[1]. Match officials in football (soccer, if you so w
by eCa 6y ago
Clothing in sports is highly regulated. For example, FIFA's Equipment Regulations are a hundred pages long[1].
Match officials in football (soccer, if you so will) very rarely wear hats (I can't remember seeing it even once). I'm surprised that I can't find any mention about headwear worn by match officials in the regulations, but regardless, they couldn't just don any old hat.
And as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, there are other things that also can trick up AI, like white socks. There are teams that might have had white socks for a hundred years, should they be forced to change their colours to make life easier for the AI?
[1] https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/equipment-regulations-515430.pdf?cloudid=q3drmdesvc8bbmanff8d https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/equipment-regulation...
- brudgers 6y agoHead coverings for referees would generally be a matter for national football associations as is the case with other parts of the uniform other than FIFA controlled international competitions. In the US, USSF lightened it’s stance on hats at lower levels because of skin and eye cancer cases involving “people everyone knew.” But you won’t see it a high level (e.g. professional matches) and young referees seeking to move up are discouraged from it in practice. And because the parallel system of High School and College officiating allow hats, USSF is probably more open than many national associations. The ADA also creates some legal liability as well that is unique to the US.