{"id":443463,"date":"2015-04-23T16:34:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T20:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=443463"},"modified":"2019-01-06T17:34:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T22:34:37","slug":"nba-referees-and-the-struggle-with-copping-work-sneakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nba-referees-and-the-struggle-with-copping-work-sneakers\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Referees and the Struggle With Copping Work Sneakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">words \/\/ Gregory Williams:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">While signature shoes and performance models from brands all across the board are subject to hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/nba\/\" title=\"NBA\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> hardwood on any given night, referees don&#8217;t get to share in the exclusive sneaker festivities. Forbidden by league rules to sign any endorsement deals, all NBA refs have to purchase their own kicks to work in. Just in case that isn&#8217;t enough, the sneakers worn while officiating games have to be all black with all logos and insignias either blacked out or removed. Already limited based on color and availability, do you think that referees should be able to sign endorsement deals? Share your thoughts in the comments section below, and be sure to <a title=\"head over to Sports Illustrated \" href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/2015\/04\/17\/nba-referees-sneakers-all-black-rules-guidelines-marc-davis-brian-forte\" target=\"_blank\">head over to Sports Illustrated <\/a>to find out just how deep the struggle to find a suitable pair of works kicks goes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photos via:\u00a0<a title=\"USA Today\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatodaysportsimages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>words \/\/ Gregory Williams: While signature shoes and performance models from brands all across the board are subject to hit&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42489,"featured_media":443485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[444],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - 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