05-09-2005, 09:25 AM
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Crazy
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The NFL forbids coaches to wear suits on the sideline
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Coach Mike Nolan recently petitioned the NFL to allow him to wear a suit on the sidelines during game days.
"To me, it's professional. I think it's respectful," Nolan said. "There was certainly no deal, no one came to me, there was nothing to gain. I wasn't trying to put the spotlight on me. But what I was trying to say, there's somebody in charge and this is what they look like."
The league turned Nolan down. Head coaches must wear the NFL-sanctioned team garb.
"There were marketing issues and sales issues, all that stuff," Nolan lamented. Beyond wanting to look the part of a man in charge, Nolan also viewed it as a tribute to his father, Dick, who was the coach of the 49ers from 1968-75.
"I must say looking at the pictures of my dad -- they are all around my office -- I thought, 'I'm going to do that.' But they are not going to let me."
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