Press Box Attire - College Football

No. This guy is out of his mind and obviously hasn't been in an NCAA pressbox in years.

 

Should the PR guys be wearing suits and not the reporters?

 

If I'm going to cover a game, I've got my computer bag with me, so that's where my notebooks and anything else goes. A suit coat with stuff in its pockets just looks sloppy.

 

At the local U, the PR folks wear khakis and matching polos to football games, and suits and ties (for the dudes; similar attire for the ladies) to basketball games.

 

If it's just an iPhone and a pen/pencil and a reporters' notebook, or a little Muji A6 or something, it shouldn't ruin the line of your suit too much. Depends on the cut and the tailoring.

Frank Ridgeway and I would both favor a classic sack-suit cut for that very reason.

Depends too on the nature of the work you're doing.

 

Yes. Unless I'm a PR guy because I don't want to wear a suit.

 

Think all pro sports, except baseball or football in some Sept games, team PR guys are wearing suits.

 

I don't think it's kosher to wear pennyloafers with oxidized dimes stuffed into the slots.

 

I only wear suits if somebody's died or I can dress up like Colonel Sanders or something.

 

It's correct to say a suit carries less weight than it used to when trying to snag an airline upgrade or sweet talk your way into the Admiral's Club or leverage a better hotel room or a nicer table in a restaurant. Points programs undid most of that. But the impression a suit makes can still have its advantages in those business travel settings. And elsewhere.

And traveling in the suit also saves space in your suitcase. I can wear one, pack two, and cover a ten-day road trip with a 21" carry on.

 

Azrael, welcome back! I haven't seen you for years. Glad to see you posting again!