• Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Pepper – front view, off-white distressed block lettering "FITTER THAN YOUR STARTERS" – Ref' Crew basketball referee tee
  • Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Pepper – front and back views, chest print on the front, plain back
  • Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Pepper, folded – chest print and whistle-and-basketball mark on the left sleeve
  • Close-up of the distressed off-white "FITTER THAN YOUR STARTERS" print on Pepper garment-dyed heavyweight cotton
  • Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Black, folded – chest print and whistle-and-basketball mark on the left sleeve
  • Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Black – front and back views, chest print on the front, plain back
  • Close-up of the distressed off-white "FITTER THAN YOUR STARTERS" print on Black garment-dyed heavyweight cotton
  • Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Red – front and back views, chest print on the front, plain back
  • Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Red, folded – chest print and whistle-and-basketball mark on the left sleeve
  • Close-up of the distressed off-white "FITTER THAN YOUR STARTERS" print on Red garment-dyed heavyweight cotton
  • Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Blue Spruce – front and back views, chest print on the front, plain back
  • Fitter Than Your Starters Tee in Blue Spruce, folded – chest print and whistle-and-basketball mark on the left sleeve
  • Close-up of the distressed off-white "FITTER THAN YOUR STARTERS" print on Blue Spruce garment-dyed heavyweight cotton
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Ref' Crew

Fitter Than Your Starters Tee

Fitter Than Your Starters Tee

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Color: Pepper
Size chart - Comfort Colors 1717
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Ref' Crew — Fitter Than Your Starters Tee

Four quarters. No subs. Same legs at the final buzzer.

Starters get the bench, the rotation and a breather when the legs start to go. The crew doesn't. Two or three officials run every possession of every quarter, end to end, from the opening tip to the final buzzer, and nobody comes in to take over.

That kind of fitness never makes the box score. It shows up late in the fourth, when the game speeds up and you're still in position for the call. It gets built on your own time, on the weeknights nobody sees, so the last whistle of the game gets the same legs as the first. The third team on the floor doesn't get subbed out.

  • The Aesthetic: "FITTER" and "STARTERS" in tall condensed block letters, split by a slanted band reading "THAN YOUR", in a worn off-white with a distressed finish. A small whistle-and-basketball mark on the left sleeve. Plain back.
  • The Feel: Premium garment-dyed heavyweight cotton, 6.1 oz — a soft, broken-in hand from the very first wear. A relaxed fit that moves with you, from pregame to post-game.
  • The Vibe: For the refs who put in the work when nobody's keeping score, and who don't mind reminding the players about it. Wear it to the gym, to the clinic, to the post-game meal. If you know, you know.

Details:

  • Weight: 206.8 g/m² (6.1 oz/yd²)
  • Material: 100% Ring-Spun Cotton / Garment-Dyed
  • Fit: Relaxed / Unisex (Size up for an oversized look)
  • Print: DTG — front print, whistle mark on the left sleeve, plain back
  • Colors: Pepper, Black, Red, Blue Spruce

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach.

Size & fit

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