{"id":107399,"date":"2020-07-30T14:49:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=107399"},"modified":"2020-08-24T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:48:17","slug":"ncaa-allowing-athletes-uniforms-to-include-patches-supporting-social-justice-issues-commemorative-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2020\/07\/30\/ncaa-allowing-athletes-uniforms-to-include-patches-supporting-social-justice-issues-commemorative-purposes\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA allowing athletes&#8217; uniforms to include patches supporting social justice issues, commemorative purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-105341\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ncaa_logo-300x295.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/>The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel has approved rules to allow student-athletes in all sports to wear patches on their uniforms for commemorative and memorial purposes, as well as to support social justice issues.<\/p>\n<p>Current rules in some sports do not allow patches, while the rule books for several other sports do not address the topic.<\/p>\n<p>Panel members, who met by videoconference last week, reaffirmed and expanded existing rules, which will now allow student-athletes two places on the uniform, one on the front and one on the back, to express support and voice their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>The patch on the front, which most sports already allowed, as authorized by the school or conference, may be a commemorative\/memorial patch (names, mascots, nicknames, logos and marks) intended to celebrate or memorialize people, events or other causes.<\/p>\n<p>The patch must not exceed 2\u00bc square inches and must be placed on the front or sleeve of the uniform. While not all team members are required to wear the patch, they must be identical for those who choose to wear them.<\/p>\n<p>The second location is on the back of the uniform where the player name is traditionally located and, as authorized by the school or conference, will allow names\/words intended to celebrate or memorialize people, events or other causes. 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