NCAA approves uniform change to allow social justi


NCAA approves uniform change to allow social justi

College programs in all sports that wish to promote the Black Lives Mattermovement or make another social justice statement no longer are constricted by NCAA rules.There are some sports which previously were prohibited by rule from making statements on in-game apparel. Others had no rule Alex Stalock Jersey regarding the i sue.The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel met by videoconference last week and approved a rule that applies acro s sports, allowing for a 2 -square-inch patch Jonas Brodin Jersey that may be affixed to the front or sleeve of a uniform. The rule does not require all team members to wear the patch of a teams choice, but they would need to be identical.MORE: In addition, in the area on the back of a uniform jersey Mikael Granlund Jersey that ordinarily would contain the player name plate, players can make individual choices about statements they wish to make.There likely will be some controversy among college athletics fans, as there has been in profe sional sports, if and when colleges, teams and athletes choose to make such declarations on their playing uniforms.This movement began with American soccer Zach Parise Jersey players in Germany, particularly U.S. mens national team midfielder Weston McKennie of Schalke 04, and spread, in some form, to teams in Englands Premier League and the NWSL, MLS, WNBA and Major League Baseball. The NBA returns to Jason Zucker Jersey action Thursday, with Black Lives Matter stenciled onto the main court used for competition.