The Citadel Replaces Last Names With "Honor," "Duty" and "Respect"

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Trend alert! College football teams are replacing players' last names with team mantras on the back of their jerseys, or at least are trying to.

After it was ruled that Southern Florida couldn't replace player names with "The Team" on the back of their jerseys, the Southern Conference announced today that The Citadel's plan to have "Honor," "Duty" and "Respect" on the back of their jerseys is within the NCAA's regulations.

On Sunday,The Citadel unveiled new adidas uniforms with the military school's motto on the back in place of player names. In a unique twist, one-third of the players will have "Honor" written on the nameplate, with another third wearing "Duty" and the final third wearing "Respect."

According to NCAA regulations, The Citadel is allowed to do this, whereas Southern Flordia wasn't, because the school is a military school. Rule 1-4-5 of the NCAA rulebook states that:

"By interpretation, only military service academies may substitute words such as Honor, Integrity, etc., for the player's name on the back of the jersey ... civilian institutions may not substitute other words for the player's name."

According to head coach Mike Houston, the school plans on wearing the new jerseys once or twice this season.

[The Post and Courier]

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