We’re too sexy for our team branded
Reebok gear.
Roger Goddell might be still be kinda new to his job but he continues to make a huge impact on the league. And more importantly, he’s really impressing the hell out of us.
After battling and battling with the NFL and Reebok the new commish gave San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Nolan permission to wear a suit on the sidelines. Well, he kind of granted him permission. Nolan can wear a suit during all home games but unfortunately it’s got to be a Reebok suit. You might think that Reebok can only make wind suits or sweat suits but considering they are the official outfitters of NFL coaches, it looks like they had better start learning how to sew up the Armani kind.
But Nolan isn’t the only coach with some class; the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Jack Del Rio was also given the same deal. And why not? If the NFL isn’t going to humiliate the coaches by making them wear uniforms like in MLB, then we say they should spruce the league up a bit and mandate suits for all coaches.
We understand that there is an entire business behind the individuals on the field, but why was this ever an issue in the first place. Don’t we have enough logos plastered all over the players and field already? Do we really have to make sure that there is a Reebok emblem every single time the production booth cuts to a shot of a coach with a laminated piece of paper over his face? And plus, the alternative is that all your coaches could end up looking like a homeless drunken panhandler Bill Belichick.
Links:
[USAToday.com]: NFL grants coaches OK to wear suits on sidelines
3 replies on “The NFL finally lets Mikey and Jack play dress-up”
Here’s what I think about this bit of news — that is on every freaking sports site I visit.
Who gives a f*ck?
Nolan — I love that he wants to go suit on the sideline. I can’t wait to see him wearing a suit in Glendale, Arizona when we play the Patriots in the Bowl.
Suits and Respect — I’m glad they won the battle, but not because it makes them better coaches.
I don’t think the dress code is really related to how good a coach is. It’s a matter of respect to maintain a dapper image and appearance and both Nelson and del Rio look sharp.
If Reebok changes their collective mind (always possible) and force Nolan and del Rio to take off those suits and ties and polished shoes and make them coach in wife beaters, polyester pants and bare feet, they would still be great coaches. There are other things that are as much a part of the the authority of a coach, and the respect is a big part of it.