Jerseys

[CaneLife]

Can we bring back the short “ghetto” jerseys pls.

 

[Hegemon]

Sure can.

Next request.

 

[YoungBallCoach]

Enlighten me. What was "ghetto" about them?

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Can we bring back the short “ghetto” jerseys pls.

NCAA outlawed those.

 

[UMFarArcher]

NCAA outlawed those.

Anything UM loves, uses, or projects - the NCAA hates.

Seemed like UM and LSU were the only teams that did that.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Anything UM loves, uses, or projects - the NCAA hates.

Seemed like UM and LSU were the only teams that did that.

Well, back in the 70s, we had tear-away jerseys. Those were eventually outlawed.

I don't think every team used the half jerseys. Certain players wore them. UM liked them a lot. I had a Dan Morgan 44 half-jersey.

 

[CaneLife]

NCAA outlawed those.

Did they really? I didn’t know know. I always thought it was just “old fashioned”. I love[d] those jerseys. They were such a statement

 

[CaneLife]

Enlighten me. What was "ghetto" about them?

Nothing. That’s why I put it in quotations

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Did they really? I didn’t know know. I always thought it was just “old fashioned”. I love[d] those jerseys. They were such a statement

Yeah, they got rid of them for "safety" purposes.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Did they really? I didn’t know know. I always thought it was just “old fashioned”. I love[d] those jerseys. They were such a statement

They banned the half jersey in the late 90s or early 00s, and here is an article about when the NCAA started banning the "rolling up" of the full jersey back in 2015.

NCAA bans players from showing abs in games

The NCAA has announced that players will no longer be allowed to roll up their jerseys to expose their stomachs during games. If a player has his jersey rolled-up during a game, he will have to sit out a play and unroll it before returning to the game.

www.si.com

 

[CaneLife]

They banned the half jersey in the late 90s or early 00s, and here is an article about when the NCAA started banning the "rolling up" of the full jersey back in 2015.

NCAA bans players from showing abs in games

The NCAA has announced that players will no longer be allowed to roll up their jerseys to expose their stomachs during games. If a player has his jersey rolled-up during a game, he will have to sit out a play and unroll it before returning to the game.

www.si.com

Thanks. I really didn’t know this.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Another article that goes over the entire history, going back to the 1970s:

The Mysterious History of the Male Crop Top in College Football

Last week, Americans learned that some Chinese men like to beat the heat by flaunting their unimpressive midriffs. The news was met with laughter, as...

melmagazine.com

 

[TheOriginalCane]

The second article doesn't mention it, but the NCAA changed the rule in the early 2000s to prevent the jersey from being MANUFACTURED too short, or from being "cut off" to be too short. Later in the 2010s is when players started rolling the jersey up underneath their pads.

 

[TrueFloridian]

They banned the half jersey in the late 90s or early 00s, and here is an article about when the NCAA started banning the "rolling up" of the full jersey back in 2015.

NCAA bans players from showing abs in games

The NCAA has announced that players will no longer be allowed to roll up their jerseys to expose their stomachs during games. If a player has his jersey rolled-up during a game, he will have to sit out a play and unroll it before returning to the game.

www.si.com

It's called the Ray Lewis rule.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

It's called the Ray Lewis rule.

The first one (late 90s/early 00s), yes.

The rule change in 2015 was directed at other schools.

 

[Savagecanes89]

guess it was intimidating showing off those abs like 300 Spartans

 

[theibisrules]

Nothing. That’s why I put it in quotations

Don't get scared now Ray Ray lol.