Vanderbilt Penalized for Illegal Uniforms

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by ajmc

It's not the rules that are ridiculous, it's the fools who insist on trying to be really clever in doing something "special" to get around simple, basic, clear requirements. Rather than try and out-guess what some idiot thinks would be funny, and create a list of specific no-nos to put on uniforms, the rules made it really clear and simple. NO slogans, which covers, or should have, all the inventive ideas of the marketing department.

Apparently it's not that simple, or the article wouldn't've mentioned service academies as an exception. Also, why should field officials even think about some detail like that that has no effect on the play of the game?

[SWFLguy]

They'd have been down with "HE HATE ME" on the jerseys.

Seriously, this uniform gimmick has gone too far. If I see Penn State with some goofy unis or helmets I'll know the apocalypse has arrived.

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Apparently it's not that simple, or the article wouldn't've mentioned service academies as an exception. Also, why should field officials even think about some detail like that that has no effect on the play of the game?

Field officials don't create rules. Military Academies are, in fact, "special" and there was a time that those who understood they were "special" didn't need to ptomote their being special, it was simply understood, so there was really no need to claim an exception.

Accepting rational standards doesn't detract from being truly recognized as "special", as that designation supercedes standards.