There's a moment that comes when you button up the St George Netball Umpire Polo. The team allegiances of the day fall away. The badge on your chest tells the players, the coaches, the parents, the whole sideline that for the next four quarters you're on no one's side except the game's. Worn by every St George District Netball Association umpire stepping up to the line, from junior badge through to A and beyond. Clean, neutral, ready. The uniform of the person the game can't happen without.