Why? Basketball shirts don't ususlly
Why do football shirts have sleeves?
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Found the poster with a hairy armpit fetish.
Might have something to do with a sport being played indoors, with your arms. Dunno though.
Rainy nights in Stoke!
Why do we wear shorts? Baseball players use pants.
Basketball is not the best comparison: when I read the thread title I thought it would be a comparison to Australian Rules Football.
Feckin hot here and not in the UK. Our footballing Neanderthals would probably get their mullets stuck in a sleeve as well, so get a nice singlet to make it easy for them.
I don't really follow it, but isn't it played in the early fall and late winter, which would make it similar to football in the northern hemisphere? But yeah, this topic is a minefield. I mean, where I am (western Canada), MLS is currently being played (in often horrendous temperatures across the North American summer).
It's just the rules. The IFAB regulations state that football shirts must have sleeves. I'm guessing it's because the game is played outdoors and literally everywhere in the world, which means that the equipment must be suitable. It would also just look strange if some teams played in basketball-style tops while others don't.
Uniformity is a thing in all sports so that nobody can claim that any team has an unfair advantage. Imagine if teams from hot regions were allowed to play with sleeveless jerseys and then a visiting team from colder climates either has to play with different equipment, which opens up the question of whether it affected the match, or otherwise must maintain a wardrobe of sleeveless kits just in case they have to go and play in such a place. That would be a financial burden for smaller clubs that don't regularly play on different continents. Instead, the rules ensure that everyone is on an even playing field.
Uniformity is a thing in all sports so that nobody can claim that any team has an unfair advantage. Imagine if teams from hot regions were allowed to play with sleeveless jerseys and then a visiting team from colder climates either has to play with different equipment, which opens up the question of whether it affected the match, or otherwise must maintain a wardrobe of sleeveless kits just in case they have to go and play in such a place. That would be a financial burden for smaller clubs that don't regularly play on different continents. Instead, the rules ensure that everyone is on an even playing field.
Why do they wear boots? They should play in Jordans!
The "Lex Cameroon"
Reminds me of Bandiminton.
Many players seem like to pull the sleeves up to their shoulders as if it bothered them.
I was thinking why not wearing sleeveless shirt, then I remember some tried to use sleeveless shirt but the habit of pulling them up was still there.
Many players seem like to pull the sleeves up to their shoulders as if it bothered them.
I was thinking why not wearing sleeveless shirt, then I remember some tried to use sleeveless shirt but the habit of pulling them up was still there.
Reminds me of Cameroon wearing sleeveless during the African nations cup and then having to wear a sleeved shirt underneath during the 2002 world cup. It was a nice shirt as well.
Commercially its much more profitable to have sleeved shirts. Less people want to buy a sleeveless shirt and look like a douche.
Sleeves are needed to allow more room for advertising!
Good call! I thought of that kit as well: youtube.com/watch?v=ST1-3JVpbOA
Why do they wear shorts too?
Would be more interesting if they didn’t. Would get some World Class bollock shots
And imagine Gary Lineker shitting himself without bottoms on. The clicks would be insane
Would be more interesting if they didn’t. Would get some World Class bollock shots
And imagine Gary Lineker shitting himself without bottoms on. The clicks would be insane
If they're not all naked, there's something wrong.
I'd rather not, thank you.What else will the likes of Fernandinho tug on to commit technical fouls?
Basketball was initially played in "woollen undershirts" when it was first played at the end of the 19th century. These would have been sleeveless and as suggested above, the game was mainly played indoors as a gym sport, and gym sports are generally played in vests. Football on the other hand has always been an outdoor sport and being born in generally colder and wetter environment than a gym, sleeves would have been more comfortable. I should correct my previous post and say that neither sports have demanded the wearing of blinkers.