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ABBOUD WILL PROVIDE OFF-FIELD ATTIRE FOR MOST COACHES
Posted by Mike Florio on August 25, 2008, 12:51 p.m. EDT
NFL coaches generally aren’t permitted to wear suits on the field, with some exceptions. Moving forward, it appears that NFL coaches might be forced to get gussied up when not on the sidelines.
Joseph Abboud’s JA Apparel Corp. has inked a three-year deal with the NFL Coaches Club to outfit 31 of the 32 head coaches with ”tailored clothing, dress shirts and ties and dress sportswear” for the next three years.
“The NFL is the most popular sport now and it’s completely American,” JA Apparel CEO Marty Staff said. “It all works. All of our competitors are European and this is really a point of departure for us. Also, we love guys who are 35 to 54. We’re not a metrosexual company.”
It’s unclear whether the coaches will be required to wear Abboud clothing when traveling to and from games, or when appearing at post-game press conferences.
The only coach to whom the deal doesn’t apply is — you guessed it — the man who wears a hoodie with the bottoms of the sleeves ripped off.
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