There's supposedly rules about the way in which NFL players may wear their socks, but you'd never know it from watching the games.
As recently as last season, this sign was hanging in the Cleveland Browns' locker room:
First reaction - Wow. That graphic has to be twenty years old - the guy still has sleeves. But that's a topic for another day.
Couple things to note:
"The exterior stocking must be a one-piece unit solid white from the top of the shoe to the midpoint of the lower leg, with approved team color or colors from that midpoint to the top of the stocking"
"Stockings must meet the uniform pants below the knees"
So let's look at the Packers. Last week, we had some very unique interpretations of those rules:
Personally, that one's my favorite look. I love the strong colors, with little to no white at all. I'd like to see football go baseball's route and wear solid colored socks with no whites.
By my reading, Aaron Rodgers is the only one who actually conforms to the uniform code. Low whites, big gaps between the pants and socks either because the pants are worn high or the socks or worn low or both, all sorts of violations.
This reminded me of the Denver game last year, in which Charles Woodson and Al Harris decided to wear their whites high, and no green socks at all:
Also "Sleeves must not be torn or cut". So how the hell does Chris Hovan get out on the field each and every Sunday?
But now we're back to sleeves. And again, that's a subject for another day.
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