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They socked it to him
Sean Gilbert of the Carolina Panthers was fined $5,000 for violating the league’s dress code showing too much white on his uniform’s socks - in a game against San Francisco.
The defensive end said he was aware of the NFL’s strict policy and had been warned by the league about his socks. Still, he was surprised when the fine came down.
“The uniform police are out before every game,” Panthers quarterback Steve Beuerlein said. “We can’t always pick them out, and it’s not something we’re usually thinking about. But the players know they’re watching us, taking notes.”
Beuerlein said equipment manager Jackie Miles is often given a list by the league of players in violation of the code.
“They’ll come up with things like, `This guy’s socks are too high or too low, or so-and-so has to get his shirt tucked in,”’ Beuerlein said.
“We literally can be in the middle of talking about a game plan or something, getting all fired up to go out and play, and Jackie will come over and tell us that we’d better pull our socks up or something like that.”
No General amnesty?
Announcer Dick Vitale, in Basketball Times, wrote this about Bob Knight’s future: “Will the General surface again? You can take that to the bank. Guaranteed. There is no doubt in my mind you will see him coaching on the college level next year.”
Not according to Steve Sloan, athletic director at Central Florida, who told the Orlando Sentinel that Knight was “unhirable.”
“In my opinion, Bob Knight is unhirable from a legal standpoint,” Sloan said.
“Think about it. What if his behavior continues the way it has and he accosts a woman? Or grabs a kid? A lawyer for the plaintiff is going to ask: `Didn’t you know his past history when you hired him?”’
The last word …
“Ol’ Diz knows the king’s English. And not only that, I also know the queen is English.”
- Late baseball great Dizzy Dean, who was responding to criticism that he didn’t know the King’s English.