I was just watching Chris Jones on the Rich Eisen show just now and Chris said that black cleats were banned and not allowed to be worn by the players. Not in practice or in games. This is the first I've heard of this and what would be the reasoning behind it? Anyone hear of this before? :-) [Reply]
(Coming for the football, will stay for the racism.)
As far as the football goes, I have no idea unless maybe it's got something to do with figuring out whether a guy is out of bounds. But it seems like black would be better for that. [Reply]
I will preface this by saying I didn't see the interview but after a quick search, cleats must be white or in the team's PRIMARY colors. So, they didn't ban every team from wearing black cleats (e.g. PIT, LV, ATL, BAL, etc.).