A fashion-conscious SFDutch
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/493284.html
Brian Murphy - bmurphy@idahostatesman.com
Edition Date: 09/04/08
The University of Idaho football team has removed the logo from the back of its uniform pants after the new design caused an uproar, athletic director Rob Spear said.
Idaho wore the pants -- which featured a prominent "I" with "Vandals" in script across the butt -- during its 70-0 season-opening loss to Arizona.
The pants got much of the attention, much of it mocking the Vandals.
"I was disappointed with the look and the appearance. We didn't realize how noticeable it would be until it was on our players," Spear said Thursday.
He said the program's equipment managers have removed the sewn-in logo from all of the pants, and it will not appear during the Vandals' game with Idaho State on Saturday.
"It's changed," Spear said.
The Vandals signed with Nike in the off-season to provide new uniforms. Spear said there was a "miscommunication" between the school and Nike over the pants.
Spear said the logo was supposed to be higher up on the pant, closer to the belt line.
"They're saying we signed off on it. We did sign off on it, but the actual design of the uniforms were changed," Spear said.
Spear said he did not expect the issue to affect the school's relationship with Nike, but the two parties were still "negotiating" over the uniform problem."
You think there's a button fly opening underneath the patch?
