Real Men Don't Wear Mesh

January, 1985

I sleep better at night knowing that Slingin' Sam Baugh, Tom Harmon, Doak Walker and all ofmy other gridiron heroes of yesteryear never had to wear one of those perforated, mesh fish-net see-through football jerseys. You know the kind. It's the jersey, much in vogue now, through which you can see a player's pads, tape, tattoo, birthmark--everything but his school colors. The jerseys were around this season like recruiting violations, but as far as I'm concerned, they're worse. They make teams lo...