Hairy issue for owners

Pacifist Viking found this 5/20/2008 on myespn.go.com [flag]

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas. One other meeting on the agenda for Tuesday's NFL spring meeting in Atlanta may sound a little familiar. Owners again will discuss a proposal by the Kansas City Chiefs that would require players to tuck their hair under their helmet or have it cut. The proposal, which was discussed and tabled at the April league meeting, calls for all players to have ... [link]

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Published 5/20/2008 by Pacifist Viking (noreply@blogger.com) at Pacifist Viking
Is it the freakin' '60s again? Actually, obsession with stifling long hair goes further back--it's a very Puritan impulse. John Milton's Puritan friends made fun of him for his long hair, and the Puritans who came to America were appalled by (among other things) the long hair of the Native Americans. ...

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