Because when USC decides to honor the 45th anniversary of OJ Simpson's Heisman winning season by putting the last name Simpson on every jersey, it might upset some people.
NCAA Denies Iowa's Request to Honor Chris Street
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Because when USC decides to honor the 45th anniversary of OJ Simpson's Heisman winning season by putting the last name Simpson on every jersey, it might upset some people.
storminspank
Justin VanLaere
Hypocrisy? What do you mean? These 5th alt jerseys make their names super easy to read.
tm3308
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So make the rule something like: Nothing offensive, nothing distracting (footballs on the uniform to look as though a player has the ball, etc.). But who cares what name is on the back? If the opponent doesn't know their man by the number, he's in trouble anyway.
Because it's a lot easier to just not allow any of them. OJ Simpson is an extreme example, but there are probably plenty of examples of former players from SEC schools who while being very meaningful to the school's football history were also racist. The NCAA doesn't want to take the time to review each of these requests, it's alot easier to just not allow it. Iowa was still able to have a very nice ceremony and honor Street without having his name on the back of all the jerseys.
tm3308
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That's not the kind of call the NCAA should be making, IMO. Stick to rules that actually apply to competitive fairness, not political correctness.
hawkjunkie
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Well the NCAA thinks it is, so that sucks for you.
tm3308
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Yeah, and isn't the point of this thread railing against the NCAA and the fact that it finds ways to screw things up, even in matters that have no impact on the game itself?
Something like this. Should have been an easy decision for the NCAA to approve. If not, who cares what they think. Do it anyway.
sportstalent
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How the NCAA comes to deciding what institutions can and can't is something that continues to shake my head.
From the length it takes to decide to suspend a kid for taking some gifts from a guy that donated $300 25 years ago one time that is still considered a booster or kids that have to sit for a period of games and sometimes have no penalty.
I look at situations like Cam Newton and then this and wonder what the definition of student-athlete means. The situation at OSU and everything the NCAA did to allow ineligible players play, only to have to have the wins taken away at a later date.
What Iowa asked for is not something that they would do any other year, maybe I am wrong on that, but it doesn't seem this would be an annual request.
When it comes down to it, the NCAA must not have seen a way to capitalize on this request and get some money out of the deal, as with the Newton/OSU examples cited before, so request denied.
tubahawk
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I think this is the crux of it. There was no money in it for the NCAA, only the "downside" of having to spend resources processing through countless requests and risk alienating other schools because they approved certain requests, but not all of them.
DwayneTwill
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TM is in over his head once again.
tm3308
Well-Known Member
Did someone say something about a dedication alt. uni????
You were saying, Dwayne?
GhostofBTT
Banned
Putting Street on everyone's jersey would have been awful.
Why are you guys mad at the NCAA for taking the gun away from the toddler?
Why are you guys mad at the NCAA for taking the gun away from the toddler?
sportstalent
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I certainly will regret this question, but how do you figure?
Tmoney12
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You can't tell me that you think Fran, Jerry and the PR department didn't reach out to the Doctor.... #cmonman
sportstalent
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Exactly and you can't blame him, he was never the same after the accident.
