NYSCOS  Uniform Policy:

1. It is the policy of NYSCOS that all individual referees shall be dressed alike and shall wear the specified, and provided by, NYSCOS referee badge for all matches conducted under the auspices of NYSPHSAA

2. Referee apparel should be appropriate for the purpose of officiating soccer. This apparel must be of a commercially manufactured quality and to include : the jersey, the shorts, socks/stockings.

3. Local boards may allow individual officials to wear black baseball-style hats with no logo.

4. Local boards may set policies and/or other uniform requirements or allowances for specific weather conditions.