Several high-profile Division I NCAA colleges are changing their jersey policies, and UNC might be joining them.
While the University might not be able to do anything to change the upcoming jersey policy at this point, they could do something to boost morale over the sad state of affairs.
Starting next school year, players’ numbers might not appear on the back of jerseys available for sale. Instead of having No. 5 for Marcus Paige, fans would have the options of generic numbers, like zero or the last two digits of the current year.
This move would seem to be designed to preempt potential legal pitfalls related to using players’ likenesses for commercial purposes.