NCAA Bans Crop Top Jerseys From College Football

This past season in college football saw an old fad from the late 80s and early 90s make a shocking return in our current generation: The crop top jersey.

Indeed, we saw a multitude of players on the FBS level and beyond take to the field with their jerseys rolled up under their pads. For some players, this was a pretty cool (and in the case of Baylor player Shawn Oakman, intimidating) look.

For others, not so much.

However, if you aren’t a fan of players flashing their abs (or beer belly) on the field for the whole world to see, then today is a good day for you because the NCAA has officially enacted a rule change that effectively bans this look from the field of play. From the NCAA’s press release on the matter:

Officials will treat illegal equipment issues – such as jerseys tucked under the shoulder pads or exposed back pads – by making the player leave the field for at least one play. The equipment must be corrected for the player to return to the game. The player may remain in the game if his team takes a timeout to correct the equipment issue.

There you have it: No more crop tops in college football. Considering that this is a logo/uniform centric website, this should be hailed as nothing but good news since this means that more of the uniform gets to be shown off now, and unless you’re wearing some over-designed monstrosity of a football uniform, that’s always a good thing.

So, the only question is this: How did they manage to get this approved without the permission of Shawn Oakman?