letting girls wear the opposite jersey on game day

Game jerseys are given out before games and handed in after. Girls (or anyone else) can purchase versions of football jerseys in the school store. Otherwise, game jerseys are for games.

Every year I have a kid ask if they can have both jerseys so as you said, Mary Jane Rotten Crotch, can wear something to the game other than a strapless bra. I always say the same thing, "you get one. Which color would you like?"

I'm VERY big on this. My team will look sharp, and respect their colors and their uniform.

The only time anyone other then a player wears a game jersey is the day of the homecoming game- each senior chooses a member of the faculty who has inspired or encouraged him in some way during his high school years and those teachers/staff member wear it that day and that night at the game. Other then that it's strictly players only period.

It is a tradition at our school that girls wear the opposite jersey on game days.(players wear dress shirt & ties) Very common practice in our area. We really don't give a rats butt if player x lets his girl friend or classmate wear his jersey to school and the game.

Ah, the joys of coaching middle school. We don't have a second jersey, so no problem here, lol.

We DO NOT allow girls to wear our jerseys! At homecoming, we let the senior player's dads wear the opposite color jersey.

I have never, ever heard of this "tradition"

I can see NO positives from it..lol.
I can easily see MANY negatives..llol

Isn't this the only reason most linemen have girlfriends in high school? So they could wear our I mean their jersey!

that is a cool tradition......how do you get those jerseys back though?

I like the idea of selling cheap T-shirt replicas of the jerseys though (profit + zero liability)

PS - I, too, have never heard this tradition. We have hard enough time purchasing the freaking things, and double that with keeping tabs of the kids who have the jerseys out (and getting them back). We issue them out on Thursday practice, then collect them immediately after the game.

Our kids couldn't afford to buy the jerseys, unless we have already replaced them

potential negatives---
Incorporating all of the adolescent drama that accompanies H.S . social scenes into my football program.

I don't need Johnny Qb being reminded that Suzy RC is now dating Jimmy WR everytime he sees her wearing 87 instead of 18. I don't need Tommy Tackle, my mammoth 6'5 290 Div 1 signee who happens to be less than handsome being reminded that although he is one dominant dude on friday nights, nobody wears his jersey on friday during the day. The list is endless... but basically I just don't see any good from it.

The way it works with us is that our kids are issued two jerseys to keep track of thru the year. On game days the players wear their jersey for that evening and the females wear their BF's jersey (opposite color). Thus leaving the boy responsible for getting his jersey back from the friend/girlfriend. This is the part that makes me uneasy. I like the school/game day atmosphere. I don't like thinking about what happens to the jersey later on...............

tribe...not going to argue since you know your situation, BUT, I would say school size has NOTHING to do with drama....in fact, I went to a small school (graduating class of 61) and I would say having such a tradition would have been Magnified at our school more than it would have affected the larger schools I have coached at.

adolescent drama is in everyone's program, no matter what.
Maybe this is a small town thing, but where I come from support from the student body is not a given and definitely not taken for granted. Take that for what it's worth, but I believe having a student body that supports you is extremely valuable.
What happens when a hormone crazy 8th grader sees the homecoming queen (or the lovely Ms. Rotten Crotch) shilling for the football team? Bet he's not playing soccer.
And with the jerseys being returned, we trust these kids with a lot more responsibility in life than a jersey. If they lose it, they buy it.
Who sells replica jerseys?

places I have been at it is for the parents to wear the opposite color. sort of an honor to being a football player parent.

I have seen teams lately with the girls wearing the opposite jersey. not sure how I feel about this.

Sorry to butt in but I would pay good money to see our big boys try to paint one of those VB jerseys on. I would laugh my butt off! They would have to wear a manzziere or the "bro."