4 minutes ago, Calico Jack said:

Many of them won’t have a single pad in their pants. 

Oh I know, but it looks nice, lol. 

3 minutes ago, theguru said:

Oh I know, but it looks nice, lol. 

In all seriousness, I think the making the pants look like shorts “fad” has come from how practice is nowadays and what’s worn.  You see it in the NFL, college and even high school where they’ve now made these girdle length type pants…worn as shorts.  They are 5 pad (butt, hips and thighs) that are worn out at practice more days than not.

5 minutes ago, Calico Jack said:

In all seriousness, I think the making the pants look like shorts “fad” has come from how practice is nowadays and what’s worn.  You see it in the NFL, college and even high school where they’ve now made these girdle length type pants…worn as shorts.  They are 5 pad (butt, hips and thighs) that are worn out at practice more days than not.

I wish we all could get on the same page.  I think one big problem in life is "rules" that are not consistently followed/applied.  It creates all kinds of downstream issues.  And in this specific case, we have a national area of emphasis that was anything but consistent.  

Made me chuckle and think of this thread and again how the national emphasis last year was a joke.