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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 4905660, member: 173"]
My high school had a dress code for boys which required a dress shirt and tie.  We hired a wrestling coach who didn't have any ties to the school, was shocked when he saw us coming to the locker room with shirts and ties on, and convinced us to bring jackets and wear our school clothes and sports jackets to matches.

A single file of boys dressed in formal outfits walking to the locker room before a match ABSOLUTELY acted to intimidate our opponents.  Totally agree it builds a culture as well - the other teams at our school picked up on formal dress to road games after they saw us doing it.  
A few of us went out for dinner once at a decent restaurant after a match and ended up drinking wine with dinner since 16 year olds don't generally dress like that - and so they just gave us the wine list.  I think checking IDs is a bigger deal now, so I doubt that still acts as one of the advantages of dressing professionally.  Its one of my fondest memories of being 16 though...
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