No Suits In Today's NFL
Can anybody imagine Coach Landry wearing a ridiculous jumpsuit with a team logo on it on the Cowboys sideline?
I sure as hell can't.
Coach Mike Nolan recently petitioned the NFL to allow him to wear a suit on the sidelines during game days.
"To me, it's professional. I think it's respectful," Nolan said. "There was certainly no deal, no one came to me, there was nothing to gain. I wasn't trying to put the spotlight on me. But what I was trying to say, there's somebody in charge and this is what they look like."
The league turned Nolan down. Head coaches must wear the NFL-sanctioned team garb.
"There were marketing issues and sales issues, all that stuff," Nolan lamented. Beyond wanting to look the part of a man in charge, Nolan also viewed it as a tribute to his father, Dick, who was the coach of the 49ers from 1968-75.
"I must say looking at the pictures of my dad -- they are all around my office -- I thought, 'I'm going to do that.' But they are not going to let me."
That's just crazy.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/10/05 21:33 | Sports | Technorati
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No freedom of expression in the NFL. So it goes when the dominant form of communication is commercial speech. Unless your message is "buy this," shut up and sit down. There is no room for dignity and leadership when we are contractually hide bound to be tactless shills and sheep. Professional sports aren't a past time, but rather a set of monopolistic industries. If this is the effect of monopolies on free expression in a trivial industry like sports, just imagine their impact whem monoplies own the media itself.
Posted by Cicero @ 17:26 on 05/14/05
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