Do We Have to Wear Them?

Side Show Joe · July 30, 2015

Does North Texas have to wear the new uniforms? I assume we still have the old ones, and I'm fairly sure Nike isn't paying us to wear these. Could the athletic department simple leave them on the shelf and let the team suit up in last seasons uniforms?

Just wondering.

greenminer · July 30, 2015

I don't think you understand how this works.

UNT 90 Grad · July 31, 2015

Does North Texas have to wear the new uniforms? I assume we still have the old ones, and I'm fairly sure Nike isn't paying us to wear these. Could the athletic department simple leave them on the shelf and let the team suit up in last seasons uniforms?
Just wondering.

The reason the uniforms were changed this year is because Nike changed plants and couldn't exactly duplicate last year's uniforms, per a podcast with RV. You could use last year's unis if you don't want the freshmen to suit up, I suppose.

BillySee58 · July 31, 2015

You could use last year's unis if you don't want the freshmen to suit up, I suppose.

Huh?

UNT 90 Grad · July 31, 2015

Huh?

Incoming freshmen don't have uniforms from last year. Am I missing something?

BillySee58 · July 31, 2015

Incoming freshmen don't have uniforms from last year. Am I missing something?

They couldn't use the ones of the seniors and other departed players? Or do they get to keep their jerseys?

Edited July 31, 2015 by BillySee58

Mean Green 93-98 · July 31, 2015

They couldn't use the ones of the seniors and other departed players? Or do they get to keep their jerseys?

That would be quite a coincidence if the numbers matched exactly.

UNT 90 Grad · July 31, 2015

They couldn't use the ones of the seniors and other departed players? Or do they get to keep their jerseys?

I'm assuming they can't feasibly replace names and numbers. Maybe I'm wrong.

BillySee58 · July 31, 2015

I'm assuming they can't feasibly replace names and numbers. Maybe I'm wrong.

I always thought the name plates were just a stitched on patch.

That would be quite a coincidence if the numbers matched exactly.

Freshmen can only take the numbers that are available, which would be the numbers of the seniors and departed players anyways. And the numbers of the players vacated (i.e. #70 vacated by Sir Calvin switching to #48).

Mean Green 93-98 · July 31, 2015

Freshmen can only take the numbers that are available, which would be the numbers of the seniors and departed players anyways.

They also typically take numbers that were previously not being used.

BillySee58 · July 31, 2015

They also typically take numbers that were previously not being used.

I always thought teams just bought the whole set (1-99) for future use anyways. Between walkons and practice squad guys we have pretty much every number 1-99 taken up every year either way, plus numbers used twice for one player on offense and one on defense.