The cost of hidden head trauma among children was driven home on Monday, also in Philadelphia, as a University of Pennsylvania lineman who hanged himself in April, Owen Thomas, was found to have died with the same progressive brain disease found in more than 20 N.F.L. players. Playing since age 9, Thomas never had a reported concussion; his disease silently developed either through injuries he did not report or by thousands of subconcussive blows that accumulated over time.”
— News Analysis - N.F.L. Concussion Raises Questions at All Levels of Football - NYTimes.com
Two things here. First, I think it’s pretty cool that these guys got their official uniforms just by picking some easily-available off-the-rack product from a golfing apparel website. The second thing about these pants is, they’re kind of amazing. I’m not saying I would wear them, but I am saying that they could easily escape the confines of the golf course, which is where they’ve evidently been stuck before now. But check out the pants after the jump. How long before some celebrity turns up in a pair of these at an awards show or whatever? How long before some alpha ironic hipster strolls down Bedford in a pair of these? Not with the white belt of course, but maybe with a Three Wolf Moon T-shirt.What to wear with your Three Wolf Moon T-shirt
