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At this point though, superstition is going to have me lobbying them to keep these hideous things on.
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JACKSONVILLE – With the Jaguars playing in their home white uniforms Sunday, it meant the Rams having to go to their mismatched uniforms in which their helmets and pants don’t fit with their blue jerseys. Much like what happened against the Cowboys two weeks ago, except they swapped out the blue pants with white ones.
Either way, it looks hideous. And the Rams understand as well as anyone. In fact they petitioned the NFL this week to let them wear the same throwback uniforms they wore last week against the Seahawks to avoid the mismatched look.
According to Rams president Kevin Demoff, they held out hope all the way to Wednesday that the league would grant them the waiver. The NFL, though, denied it and so the Rams were back to looking like an orphanage team.
Why is the NFL so resistant?
By rule, each team can wear their throwback uniforms twice a year. The Rams put this year’s game selection to a fan vote, with the Seattle game last week and the Dec. 31 game against the 49ers being selected.
The way the NFL sees it, if the Rams were allowed to wear their throwbacks for three games, what would prevent another team from asking the same?
One alternative would have been the Rams wearing their throwbacks against the Jaguars on Sunday and wearing their regular home uniforms in December against San Francisco.
Demoff, though, felt that would be letting the Rams home fans down.
The Rams, incidentally, will make a permanent uniform change upon moving into their new stadium in Inglewood in 2020.
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/15/rams-tried-to-get-a-uniform-waiver-for-sunday-but-nfl-said-no/
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JACKSONVILLE – With the Jaguars playing in their home white uniforms Sunday, it meant the Rams having to go to their mismatched uniforms in which their helmets and pants don’t fit with their blue jerseys. Much like what happened against the Cowboys two weeks ago, except they swapped out the blue pants with white ones.
Either way, it looks hideous. And the Rams understand as well as anyone. In fact they petitioned the NFL this week to let them wear the same throwback uniforms they wore last week against the Seahawks to avoid the mismatched look.
According to Rams president Kevin Demoff, they held out hope all the way to Wednesday that the league would grant them the waiver. The NFL, though, denied it and so the Rams were back to looking like an orphanage team.
Why is the NFL so resistant?
By rule, each team can wear their throwback uniforms twice a year. The Rams put this year’s game selection to a fan vote, with the Seattle game last week and the Dec. 31 game against the 49ers being selected.
The way the NFL sees it, if the Rams were allowed to wear their throwbacks for three games, what would prevent another team from asking the same?
One alternative would have been the Rams wearing their throwbacks against the Jaguars on Sunday and wearing their regular home uniforms in December against San Francisco.
Demoff, though, felt that would be letting the Rams home fans down.
The Rams, incidentally, will make a permanent uniform change upon moving into their new stadium in Inglewood in 2020.
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/15/rams-tried-to-get-a-uniform-waiver-for-sunday-but-nfl-said-no/
